Love
Lines Written in "Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman"
From Hours of Idleness
Love
"Away, away,--your flattering arts
May now betray some simpler hearts;
And you will smile at their believing,
And they shall weep at your deceiving."
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Codex Note
Written in "Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman, by J. J. Rousseau; Founded on Facts."
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines Written in "Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/10/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lines Written in "Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/10/.
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