Quote#Books & Reading
O thou who read'st what 's written here, Commiserate the lot severe,…
Quote byGeorge Rose · 1782–1873
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: English Epigrams, "Written in an Album".
English (original)
O thou who read'st what 's written here, Commiserate the lot severe, By which, compell'd, I write them. In vain Sophia I withstand, For Anna adds her dread command; I tremble—and indite them. Blame Eve, who, feeble to withstand One single devil, rais'd her hand, And gather'd our damnation; But do not me or Adam blame, Tempted by two, who did the same— His Wife—and her Relation.
— George Rose
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