Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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WILFUL IGNORANCE THE ONLY INVINCIBLE.
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WILFUL IGNORANCE THE ONLY INVINCIBLE.
AN EPIGRAM.
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'Tis not who can't, if that they should,That are the guilty blind,
And who, bewilder'd in the wood,
Attempt the clue to find.
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These are the objects of our care,Our pity, not our hate;
And tho' entangled in the snare,
Deserve a better fate.
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But such whom wilful folly blinds,And blind, as willing lead;
These are the men of graceless minds,
Whom Justice blinds indeed.
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