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Quotes from Epistle to Curio — Mark Akenside

1721–1770 England

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The man forget not, though in rags he lies,
And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.

Epistle to Curio (1744)

Can art, alas! or genius guide the head
Where truth and freedom from the heart are fled?
Can lesser wheels repeat their native stroke,
When the prime function of the soul is broke?

Epistle to Curio (1744)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mark Akenside (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.