Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.
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This was Shakespeare’s form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.
Mark Akenside
English poet and physician
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown’s disguise.
Mark Akenside
English poet and physician
Such and so various are the tastes of men.
Mark Akenside
English poet and physician
Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.
Mark Akenside
English poet and physician