The Works of Hildebrand Jacob ... Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd |
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Part of the Epilogue to a Comedy call'd the Masquerade.
Heavens! what Alteration wou'd be here,
Shou'd ye to Night in your true Forms appear?
But of your real Shapes you're all afraid;
And the whole World is one great Masquerade.
Shou'd ye to Night in your true Forms appear?
But of your real Shapes you're all afraid;
And the whole World is one great Masquerade.
The Courtier's smile, the Hero's dreadful Air,
The Virgin's Frown, the Widow's deep Despair,
And solemn Coxcomb's venerable Face
Are useful Vizards all, and meer Grimace;
And wisest, bravest, safest, happiest
Are they, whose borrow'd Masks conceal them best.
The Virgin's Frown, the Widow's deep Despair,
And solemn Coxcomb's venerable Face
Are useful Vizards all, and meer Grimace;
And wisest, bravest, safest, happiest
Are they, whose borrow'd Masks conceal them best.
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