We think our Fathers Fools, so wise we grow;
Our wiser Sons, no doubt, will think us so.
(An Essay On Criticism)
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ut not without a plan;
A wild, where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot;
Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
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For thee, fair Virtue!
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