Living
Song ("Talk not of books, of dress, of riches")
From Analects in Verse and Prose, vol. II (London, 1770)
Living
Talk not of books, of dress, of riches,
Talk not of Bacchanalian joy,
For beauty 'tis that most bewitches,
All nature's govern'd by a boy.
At Cupid's touch e'en heroes tremble,
To beauty, stoics oft submit,
And nothing, Clara can resemble,
That has not beauty, love and wit.
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Codex Note
Set to music by Mr. Barthelemon.
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