"The Providence of heaven Has some peculiar blessing given To each allotted state below."
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Book I, Ode II, No. 1: "For the Winter Solstice", stanza v, lines 48β50
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Mark Akenside
Mark Akenside (November 9, 1721 β June 23, 1770) was an English poet and physician.
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