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[Poems by Pinkney in] The life and works of Edward Coote Pinkney

a memoir and complete text of his poems and literary prose, including much never before published

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[IV
Disgusted with men's idle strife]

Disgusted with men's idle strife,
He left them in his mood;
And sought a better way of life
In utter solitude.