The Author, 1763 [ Concepts ]
… in others what themselves possess'd. But Now, when DULLNESS rears aloft her throne, When LORDLY Vassals her wide Empire own, When Wit, seduc'd by Envy, starts aside, And basely leagues with Ignorance and Pride, What Now should tempt … She mock'd at all restraints, but those of Sense; Where, health and honour trooping by her side, She spread her sacred empire far and wide; Pointed the Way, Affliction to beguile, And bade the Face of Sorrow wear a smile, Bade those, who …
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