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Original poems on several subjects

In two volumes. By William Stevenson
Stevenson, William (ca. 1719-1783)

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ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΕΑΥΤΟΝ.

How proud this rule adorns each shelf,
To hearts unknown, man, “know thyself;”
For thus, self knowledge and self-love
Not friends, but foes, commutual prove!
Who then this precept can practise?
To know one's self, is to despise.
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