Poems of James Clarence Mangan (Many hitherto uncollected): Centenary edition: Edited, with preface and notes by D. J. O'Donoghue: Introduction by John Mitchel |
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FRONTI NULLA FIDES.
Beware of blindly trusting
To outward art
And specious sheen,
For Vice is oft encrusting
The hollow heart
Within unseen.
To outward art
And specious sheen,
For Vice is oft encrusting
The hollow heart
Within unseen.
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See that black pool below thee!
There Heaven sleeps
In golden fire,
Yet, whatsoe'er they show thee,
The mirror's deeps
Are slime and mire.
There Heaven sleeps
In golden fire,
Yet, whatsoe'er they show thee,
The mirror's deeps
Are slime and mire.
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