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Bliss there is none, but unprecarious bliss: That is the gem: sell all, and purchase that.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

Man’s unprecarious, natural estate, 480 Improveable at will, in virtue lies; Its tenure sure; its income is divine.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

Which Time’s and fortune’s arrows miss:    Joys that subsist,    Though fates resist, An unprecarious, endless bliss!

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

Which time's and fortune's arrows miss: Joys that subsist, Tho' fates resist, An unprecarious, endless bliss!

From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward