The Harp of Erin Containing the Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Dermody. In Two Volumes |
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Let no vain muse with fabling voice control;
Far from my breast, by simpler knowledge smit,
The brilliant diction, and the meteor wit;
Sublimely plain, I scorn the glitt'ring guile,
All bursts of fancy, and all forms of style!
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