>>5682944The first few pages appear to include excerpts of verses - perhaps from a religious tract? - diligently copied in a calm hand. It reads:
(excerpt)
No evil passions, no jealousy, no avarice, no impure desires will disturb the serene might of those glorious creatures. Sin, shame, and sorrow will have no place among them. Their minds will be in a state of perpetual calm, the contentment of a spirit that knows no wants, is disturbed by no regrets. Ambition will never torture them. Ingratitude will never cause them the uneasiness of a moment. The guilty conscience, the hope deferred, the pains of exile, the insolence of office, and the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes—these will be entirely unknown to them. (...the handwriting here becomes illegible...) they shall want for nothing.
The second excerpt seems to comprise of a fondly remembered romantic poem:
