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Poems on several occasions

By H. Carey. The Third Edition, much enlarged

Carey, Henry (1687?-1743)

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AN Extempore Thought ON FLATTERY.

Flattery's a base, unmanly, coward Vice,
A lurking Devil in a fair Disguise.
A real Friend will all our Faults reprove,
And mix with outward Anger, inward Love:
But Flatt'rers kill with a more private Blow,
And outward Love for inward Hatred show.