Quote #54

Perverts the Prophets and purloins the Psalms.

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  2. 'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain…
  3. As soon Seek roses in December, ice in June; Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff; Believe a woman or an epitaph, Or any other thing th…
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  5. With just enough of learning to misquote.
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  8. Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?

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