 | A collection of poems |  |
Epigram on a Pedantic Composure.
No strong conclusion, no connected sense,
Quotations here, not arguments, convince;
Clearness and eloquence you vainly seek,
You ask for reason, and he gives you greek.
Quotations here, not arguments, convince;
Clearness and eloquence you vainly seek,
You ask for reason, and he gives you greek.
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When Babel aim'd above the skies to shine,
Their tongues confounded crush'd the proud design:
These pages show like their ambitious throngs,
And talk confusion in a thousand tongues.
Their tongues confounded crush'd the proud design:
These pages show like their ambitious throngs,
And talk confusion in a thousand tongues.
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