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... praise their country in illiterate prose . There the lost heirs of Dullness a whole age Lived unaware of their great heritage ; Among them , even to his peers unknown , Lived the uncrowned pretender to the throne , Witless and harmless ...
... praise their country in illiterate prose . There the lost heirs of Dullness a whole age Lived unaware of their great heritage ; Among them , even to his peers unknown , Lived the uncrowned pretender to the throne , Witless and harmless ...
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... praise of dirt Unanswered , helps corrupt the general mind ; And Beauty walks in vain once all are blind . And do not tell me some though low , are good , Unjustly punished or misunderstood . Many a dunce I lashed with ridicule I knew ...
... praise of dirt Unanswered , helps corrupt the general mind ; And Beauty walks in vain once all are blind . And do not tell me some though low , are good , Unjustly punished or misunderstood . Many a dunce I lashed with ridicule I knew ...
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... praise , The Lyre unstrung , the sere and wilted Bays , Pedantry loosed on its unbridled course , The Sacred Spring polluted at its source , Critical smog infecting every breeze While strangling theories choke the noblest trees . These ...
... praise , The Lyre unstrung , the sere and wilted Bays , Pedantry loosed on its unbridled course , The Sacred Spring polluted at its source , Critical smog infecting every breeze While strangling theories choke the noblest trees . These ...
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