Living
From the Latin
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, IV: Poems and Plays, ed. E. V. Lucas
Living
As swallows shrink before the wintry blast,
And gladly seek a more congenial soil,
So flatterers halt when fortune's lure is past,
And basely court some richer lordling's smile.
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Lamb, Charles. “From the Latin.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/162/.
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Lamb, Charles. “From the Latin.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/162/.
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