"To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,β Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven."
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Nathaniel Cotton
Nathaniel Cotton (1707 β August 2, 1788) was an English physician and poet.
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