{"id":1177,"date":"2019-04-22T19:48:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2019-05-04T10:11:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T10:11:40","slug":"a-simple-natural-opinion-of-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Natural Opinion of the Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nature a talent gives to every one,
\nAs Heav\u2019n<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> gives grace to work salvation.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThis talent given is<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a noble mind,
\nWhere actions good are minted current coin,<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nOn which each virtue stamps its<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> image so,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nThat all the world each several piece may know.
\nIf man<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> be lazy, let this talent lie,
\nSeek no occasion to improve it by,
\nWho knows, but Nature\u2019s punishment may be
\nTo make his<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> mind to grieve eternally? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10
\nThat when his spirit\u2019s fled and body rot,
\nHe knows<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> himself of friends and world<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> forgot.
\nBut when he hath used all his<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> industry,
\nYet cannot get a fame to live thereby;
\nThen may his mind rest fully satisfied<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 15
\nThat he hath<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> left no means or ways untried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nature a talent gives to every one, As Heav\u2019n gives grace to work salvation. This talent given is a noble mind, Where actions good are minted current coin, On which each virtue stamps its image so,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 That all the world each several piece may know. If man be lazy, let this talent lie, Seek … Continue reading A Simple Natural Opinion of the Mind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dialogues","category-part2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1217,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}