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Nature and art asunder seem to fly,

Yet sooner than we think find common ground;

In place of strife, harmonious songs resound,

And both, at one, to my abode draw nigh.

In sooth but one endeavor I descry:

Then only, when in ordered moments' round

Wisdom and toil our lives to Art have bound,

Dare we rejoice in Nature's liberty.

Thus is achievement fashioned everywhere:

Not by ungovernable, hasty zeal

Shalt thou the height of perfect form attain.

Husband thy strength, if great emprize thou dare;

In self-restraint thy masterhood reveal,

And under law thy perfect freedom gain.