The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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LOVE AND REASON. |
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LOVE AND REASON.
Love said to Reason, “Know my pow'r,
Nor vaunt thy pedant rules;
I can the sweetest natures sour,
And make the wisest fools.
Nor vaunt thy pedant rules;
I can the sweetest natures sour,
And make the wisest fools.
“I bid Philosophy submit,
I make the dullest gay;
To idiots lend a gleam of wit,
Or darken Wisdom's ray.
I make the dullest gay;
To idiots lend a gleam of wit,
Or darken Wisdom's ray.
I can teach proud and freezing Scorn
To feel my potent skill;
The sternest face with smiles adorn,
The cold with rapture thrill.”
To feel my potent skill;
The sternest face with smiles adorn,
The cold with rapture thrill.”
“'Tis true,” indignant Reason said,
“Too much of pow'r's thy own:
Yet 'tis where I refuse my aid,
That only thou art known.
“Too much of pow'r's thy own:
Yet 'tis where I refuse my aid,
That only thou art known.
“But Time, that conquers e'en thy art,
Bids Reason's altar burn,
And as he calms the fev'rish heart,
I triumph in my turn.”
Bids Reason's altar burn,
And as he calms the fev'rish heart,
I triumph in my turn.”
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