Social Commentaries
On Flatterers
Translated by William Cowper · From Translations
Social Commentaries
No mischief worthier of our fear
In nature can be found,
Than friendship, in ostent sincere,
But hollow and unsound.
For lull'd into a dang'rous dream
We close infold a foe,
Who strikes, when most secure we seem,
Th' inevitable blow.
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Translated from the Greek.
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Cowper, William. “On Flatterers.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/387/.
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Cowper, William. “On Flatterers.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/387/.
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