From toil he wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night; Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures, peace and health.
Thomas Gray
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- Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 93.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Thomas Gray entry; Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 93.; Wording and named work checked in Bartlett’s published reference; literary quotations are excerpts. Source identifies the w
- Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 93.
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