A Household Book of English Poetry / Selected and Arranged with Notes

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With heaven; fond earth, thou boast’st; false world, thou liest.

Thy babbling tongue tells golden tales 10

Of endless treasure:

Thy bounty offers easy sales

Of lasting pleasure:

Thou ask’st the conscience what she ails,

And swear’st to ease her; 15

There’s none can want where thou suppliest,

There’s none can give where thou deniest;

Alas! fond world, thou boast’st; false world, thou liest.