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Literary
May 11, 1802
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A reflective poem questioning if social amusements like crowded rooms, cards, balls, and revels provide true joy or relief from melancholy, contrasting them with refined sentiments, mental pleasures, and friendship as superior blessings.
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Do crowded rooms affect the heart,
Or ease the troubled mind?
Can cards or dice more joy impart
Than sentiment refined?
Can birth-night balls assuage the pain,
Which melancholy brings?
Can midnight revels heal again
Regret's corroding stings?
Can nameless pleasures ever give
One single happy thought?
Or, do we beings only live
To squander time on nought?
Ah! no; not thee has heaven deigned
To interest the soul;
But pleasures of the mental kind
All others should control.
If blest with thee, and with a friend,
What can we wish for more?
Continue heaven such bliss to end-
Unnumbered thanks I'll pour.
Moralist.
Do crowded rooms affect the heart,
Or ease the troubled mind?
Can cards or dice more joy impart
Than sentiment refined?
Can birth-night balls assuage the pain,
Which melancholy brings?
Can midnight revels heal again
Regret's corroding stings?
Can nameless pleasures ever give
One single happy thought?
Or, do we beings only live
To squander time on nought?
Ah! no; not thee has heaven deigned
To interest the soul;
But pleasures of the mental kind
All others should control.
If blest with thee, and with a friend,
What can we wish for more?
Continue heaven such bliss to end-
Unnumbered thanks I'll pour.
Moralist.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Temperance
What keywords are associated?
Moral Reflection
Mental Pleasures
Worldly Joys
Friendship Bliss
Refined Sentiment
What entities or persons were involved?
Moralist.
Literary Details
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Moralist.
Key Lines
Do Crowded Rooms Affect The Heart,
Or Ease The Troubled Mind?
Can Cards Or Dice More Joy Impart
Than Sentiment Refined?
Ah! No; Not Thee Has Heaven Deigned
To Interest The Soul;
But Pleasures Of The Mental Kind
All Others Should Control.