"Turn'd on its self its num'rous wants are seen, / And all the mighty void that lies within / Yet cannot wisdom stamp our joys complete; / 'Tis conscious virtue crowns the blest retreat."
Of Active and Retired Life, An Epistle
At least 10 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1735, 1748, 1751, 1755 1758, 1765, 1766, 1775, 1782).<br>
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See <u>Of Active and Retired Life, An Epistle.</u> (London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1735). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T42091">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB132816259&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Robert Dodsley's <u>A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands</u> (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004887768.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;