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"TO DEMOSTHENES, ON A FLATTERING MIRROR" by ANONYMOUS

First Line: IT FLATTERS AND DECEIVES THY VIEW
Last Line: THOU WOULDST CONSULT IT NEVER MORE
Subject(s): FLATTERY;MIRRORS;VANITY;
IT flatters and deceives thy view,
This mirror of ill-polished ore;
For were it just, and told thee true,
Thou wouldst consult it never more.



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