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...thirty years ago, in which he traces the upward steps of some 1 Divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village green ;...grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blow of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merits known, * And...

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...thirty years ago, in which he traces the upward steps of some ' Divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village green ;...grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blow of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merits known, And lives...