More from William Shenstone

  1. Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of decency does yield.
  2. A little bench of heedless bishops here, And there a chancellor in embryo.
  3. For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad, so tender, and so true.
  4. Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice: whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born.
  5. My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep.
  6. Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are shewing you the grounds of it.
  7. I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed.
  8. There seem near as many people that want passion as want reason.

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