Why was Cupid a boy,
And why a boy was he?
He should have been a girl,
For aught that I can see.
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All pictures that's panted with sense and with thought
Are panted by madmen, as sure as a groat;
For the greater the fool is the pencil more blest,
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My title as a genius thus is prov'd:
Not prais'd by Hayley, nor by Flaxman lov'd.
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'Now Art has lost its mental charms
France shall subdue the world in arms.'
So spoke an Angel at my birth;
Then said 'Descend ...
To find the Western path,
Right thro' the Gates of Wrath
I urge my way;
Sweet Mercy leads me on
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Whate'er is done to her she cannot know,
And if you'll ask her she will swear it so.
Whether 'tis good or evil none's to blame:
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Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau:
Mock on, mock on; tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the...
When Klopstock England defied,
Uprose William Blake in his pride;
For old Nobodaddy aloft
...and belch'd and coug...
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My Spectre around me night and day
Like a wild beast guards my way;
My Emanation far w...
'Let the Brothels of Paris be opened
With many an alluring dance
To awake the Pestilence thro' the city,'
Said the beautifu...
Why of the sheep do you not learn peace?
Because I don't want you to shear my fleece.
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The countless gold of a merry heart,
The rubies and pearls of a loving eye,
The indolent never can bring to the mart,
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He who bends to himself a Joy
Doth the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the Joy as it flies
Liv...
If you trap the moment before it's ripe,
The tears of repentence you'll certainly wipe;
But if once you let the ripe moment go
Yo...
Abstinence sows sand all over
The ruddy limbs and flaming hair,
But Desire gratified
Plants fruits of life and be...
