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SONNETS. TO .T. H.' AGED' FIFTEEN? Go on, ing?uous y0uth;.snd keep in view. The noble path, the partial Muse prescribes; Turn not aside for Fortune's glittering bribes, Whose splendour is as wo?hless, as untrue. Not thine t' associate with the.sordid crew Of Avarice, or Ambifion's servile tribes; ' ' Nor let thy spirit.heed the envious gibes, With which they ever modest worth pursue; But, oh, press onward up th' Aonian mount! Tho' rude, at first, and-rugged seem the way, Soon wilt thou cease thy weary steps to'count, ' And from it's heights 'ex?nding realms ?ur?ey: There quaiF thy fill of the c?l?stial'foUnt; While airs of Heav'ni refreshing, rQund.thee ?lay. ......... ?Google