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Date: 1743
"Pride, like an eagle, builds among the stars; / But Pleasure, lark-like, nests upon the ground."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1743
"The noblest spirit, fighting her hard fate / In this damp, dusky region, charged with storms, / But feebly flutters, yet untaught to fly; / Or, flying, short her flight, and sure her fall."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1743
"The bad, on each punctilious pique of Pride, / Or gloom of Humour, would give Rage the rein, / Bound o'er the barrier, rush into the dark, / And mar the schemes of Providence below."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
