The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… Beauties; Bishops who preach, and Peers who pay, And Countesses who seldom play; Learn'd Antiquaries, who, from college, Reject the rust, and bring the knowledge; And, hear it, age, believe it, youth, Polemics, really seeking truth; … vigils to produce Materials for thy future use; Calls forth the else neglected knowledge, Of school, of travel, and of college. If none behold, ah! wherefore fair? Ah! wherefore wise, if none must hear? Our intellectual ore must shine, Not …
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