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"Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, And eagerly pursues imaginary joys."
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Mark AkensideCan art, alas! or genius guide the head — Mark Akenside
"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?"
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Mark Akenside was an English poet and physician.
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"The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crowns disguise."
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"Pall on her temper, like a twice-told tale."
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"Man loves knowledge, and the beams of truth More welcome touch his understandings eye Than all the blandishments of sound his ear, Than all of taste his tongue."
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"Oft the hours From morn to eve have stolen unmarkd away, While mute attention hung upon his lips."
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"Youth calls for Pleasure, Pleasure calls for Love."
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