As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad... Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ... - Page 33 by James Roach - 1794 Full view -
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