 | The complete works, poetry and prose, of the Rev. Edward Young prefixed, a life of the author, by John Doran ... With eight illustrations on steel, and a portrait. In two volumes |  |
“What an old tale is this!” Lorenzo cries.
I grant this argument is old; but truth
No years impair; and had not this been true,
Thou never hadst despised it for its age.
Truth is immortal as thy soul; and fable
As fleeting as thy joys. Be wise, nor make
Heaven's highest blessing vengeance: O be wise!
Nor make a curse of immortality.
I grant this argument is old; but truth
No years impair; and had not this been true,
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Truth is immortal as thy soul; and fable
As fleeting as thy joys. Be wise, nor make
Heaven's highest blessing vengeance: O be wise!
Nor make a curse of immortality.
| The complete works, poetry and prose, of the Rev. Edward Young prefixed, a life of the author, by John Doran ... With eight illustrations on steel, and a portrait. In two volumes | |