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Books cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.
The Borough (1810)
In this fool's paradise he drank delight.
The Borough (1810)
Habit with him was all the test of truth,
It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.
The Borough (1810)
Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.
The Borough (1810)
But monuments themselves memorials need.
The Borough (1810)
His patient soul endures what Heay'n ordains,
But neither feels nor fears ideal pains.
The Borough (1810)
The mind here exhibited is one untouched by pity, unstung by remorse, and uncorrected by shame; yet is this hardihood of temper and spirit broken by want, disease, solitude, and disappointment, and he becomes the victim of a distempered and horror-stricken fancy.
The Borough (1810)