The Retrospect (1812) [ Concepts ]
… It was not unrequited love That bade my 'wildered spirit rove; 'Twas not the pride disdaining life, That with this mortal world at strife Would … courtly glare, Attract the rabble's cheapest stare, And might command where'er they move A thing that bears the name of love; They might be learned, witty, gay, Foremost in fashion's gilt array, On Fame's emblazoned pages shine, Be princes' …
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