Essay on Man, Part 10
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Cease then, nor order imperfection name:Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.Know thy own point: This kind, this due degreeOf blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee.Submit.—In this, or any other sphere,Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear:Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r,Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.All nature is but art, unknown to thee;All chance, direction, which thou canst not see;All discord, harmony, not understood;All partial evil, universal good:And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite,One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.