Jewels Gathered From Painter Poet a Selection of Poems
Jewels Gathered From Painter Poet a Selection of Poems
W J William James Linton
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And, where you can't unriddle, learn to trust. The great vain man, who fared on costly food, W hose life was too luxurious to be good, Who made his ivory stands with goblets shine. And forced his guests to morning draughts of wine. Has, with the cup, the graceless custom lost ; And still he welcomes, but with less of cost. The mean, suspicious wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er moved in pity to the wandering poor, With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless, if mortals will be... k Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bow And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. •'tf^-!*f*f'. T: w/cm 49 The Hermit. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God ; (Child ofhis age) for him he lived in pain, And measured back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run !
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