Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
SELF-LOVE!
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Occasional verse, moral and sacred | ||
SELF-LOVE!
The frequent Source of all other.
From various ends, in various modes we love,As nature, instinct, or affection move,
As passions, interests, or as whims approve.
Some love for virtue, some from pure chagrin,
For beauty many, but the most for gain.
Some thirst ambitious, an ennobled shame;
For blood the hero, and the prude for fame.
Yet all is love, and self the sacred end,
Or spar'd a foe, or sacrific'd a friend.
Occasional verse, moral and sacred | ||