The Amaranth Or, religious poems; consisting of fables, visions, emblems, etc. Adorned with copper-plates from the best masters [by Walter Harte] |
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The Worldling, TEMPTER of himself, pursuesIdols of his own making; ideot's views;
(Unhappy wretch! wrapt up in thin disguise!
Where All that is not impious, is unwise!)
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On eggs of basilisks, and scorpion-spawn :
And, after all the care he can impart,
His foster'd miscreants sting him to the heart;
Swift thro' each vein the mystic poisons roul,
Fatal alike to body and to soul !
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