The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith]. |
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The who far'd on coftly food , great , vain man , Whose life was too luxurious to be good ; Who made his iv'ry ftands ... With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow , And loose from drofs the ...
The who far'd on coftly food , great , vain man , Whose life was too luxurious to be good ; Who made his iv'ry ftands ... With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow , And loose from drofs the ...
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