Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, Catch every…

Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame,
Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame.
Their level life is but a mouldering fire,
Unquenched by want, unfanned by strong desire.

Sourced, The Traveller (1764)

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