"'Tis only those of purer clay / 'From sensual dross refined, / 'In whom the passions pleas'd obey / 'The God within the mind, / 'Who share my delegated aid, / 'Through Wisdom's golden mean convey'd / 'From the first source of sov'reign good."
Ode XVI. Palinodia.
Text from <u>The Works of William Mason</u> 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vpZAAAAAIAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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First published in <u>Poems by William Mason, M.A.</u>, (York: Printed by W. Blanchard, 1797). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Jg81AAAAMAAJ">Link to Vol. III in Google Books</a>&gt;