A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise,

For envy is a kind of praise.

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Canst thou discern another’s mind?

What is’t you envy? Envy’s blind.

Tell Envy, when she would annoy,

That thousands want what you enjoy.

Gay.

The lion craved the fox’s art;

The fox the lion’s force and heart;