“The Providence of heaven
Has some peculiar blessing given
To each allotted state below.”

— Mark Akenside

Book I, Ode II, No. 1: "For the Winter Solstice", stanza v, lines 48–50
Odes on Several Subjects (1745)

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English poet and physician 1721–1770

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“The Providence of heaven
Has some peculiar blessing given
To each allotted state below.”