Poems on several occasions By H. Carey. The Third Edition, much enlarged |
AN Extempore Thought ON FLATTERY. |
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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.
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