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Literary
February 14, 1798
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
A reflective poem on the vicissitudes of life, depicting alternating scenes of comfort and dismay, pleasure and pain, using metaphors of light/darkness, seasons, and illness to illustrate human experience from ease to despair.
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SACRED
TO THE MUSES.
ON
VICISSITUDE.
In life what various scenes appear;
How differs every day.
We now, the face of comfort wear,
To-morrow of dismay.
As light and darkness each succeed,
So pleasure follows pain;
Our spirits, drooping while we bleed,
They brisker flow again.
Winter and summer have their turns,
Each vale its rising hills:
One hour the raging fever burns,
The next an ague chills.
A mind at ease and free from care,
Can paradise excel:
But when in trouble and despair,
A palace then is hell.
TO THE MUSES.
ON
VICISSITUDE.
In life what various scenes appear;
How differs every day.
We now, the face of comfort wear,
To-morrow of dismay.
As light and darkness each succeed,
So pleasure follows pain;
Our spirits, drooping while we bleed,
They brisker flow again.
Winter and summer have their turns,
Each vale its rising hills:
One hour the raging fever burns,
The next an ague chills.
A mind at ease and free from care,
Can paradise excel:
But when in trouble and despair,
A palace then is hell.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
What themes does it cover?
Seasonal Cycle
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Vicissitude
Life Scenes
Pleasure Pain
Seasonal Turns
Ease Despair
Literary Details
Title
On Vicissitude
Key Lines
In Life What Various Scenes Appear;
How Differs Every Day.
We Now, The Face Of Comfort Wear,
To Morrow Of Dismay.
A Mind At Ease And Free From Care,
Can Paradise Excel:
But When In Trouble And Despair,
A Palace Then Is Hell.