The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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III. The VINDICATION.
While Poetry, ill-natur'd Maid,Two lovely Sisters would degrade:
Philosophy, from Fields of Air
Descends, to vindicate the Fair;
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And sees a Sun in every Star,
Suns more resplendent and more gay,
Than that, which gladdens Earth with Day;
Diffusing o'er the Heavens a Light,
Which Distance lessens to the Sight;
But some, Opinion leads astray,
Their weaker Opticks they betray;
Who know not justly how to prize,
Beauty beyond their View that lies;
They wake, soon as the Sun is near,
And Sleep, when brighter Suns appear.
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