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βHe lives to build, not boast, a generous race;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.β
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.β
βMay see thee now, though late, redeem thy name,
And glorify what else is damn'd to fame.β
And glorify what else is damn'd to fame.β
βNay, but weigh well what you presume to swear!
Oaths are of dreadful Weightβand, if they're false,
Draw down Damnation.β
Oaths are of dreadful Weightβand, if they're false,
Draw down Damnation.β
βWhen Anger rushes, unrestrain'd, to Action,
Like a hot Steed, it stumbles in its way!
The Man of Thought wounds deepest, and strikes safely.β
Like a hot Steed, it stumbles in its way!
The Man of Thought wounds deepest, and strikes safely.β
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βSuch, Polly, are your sexβpart truth, part fiction; Some thought, much whim, and all a contradiction.β
About Richard Savage
Richard Savage (c. 1697 β August 1, 1743) was an English poet.