British - Poet | 1696 - 1737
Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.
Matthew Green
SailGentleBarkEvenKeelSteer
Experience join'd with common sense, To mortals is a providence.
ExperienceCommon SenseProvidence
They politics like ours profess, the greater prey upon the less.
PoliticsPreyGreaterLikeLess
Avarice, the sphincter of the heart.
HeartAvarice
Talk of unusual swell of waist In maid of honor loosely laced.
HonorTalkUnusualWaistMaidLaced
Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way.
NatureMindPlayCompassWaySee
Fling but a stone, the giant dies.
DeathStoneGiantDiesFling
Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority.
AuthorityWaySeeThroughWhoNor
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