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INSATIATE TYRANT OF THE MIND	A
Fantastic a ry empty thing	B
Borne on Illusion's flutt'ring wing	B
Fallacious as the wanton wind	A
Capricious Goddess Beauty's foe	C
THOU who no settled home dost know	C
The busy World the sylvan Plain	D
Alike confess thy potent reign	D
Queen of the motley garb at thy command	E
FASHION waves her flow'ry wand	F
See she kindles Fancy's flame	G
Around her dome thy incense flies	H
The curling fumes ascend the skies	H
And fill the Trump of Fame	G
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When Heaven's translucent ray	I
Unveil'd the mighty work of GOD	J
When the Promethean spark of day	I
Awoke his Image from a torpid clod	I
When radiance pour'd on human sight	I
And the illumin'd Soul beam'd with celestial light	I
EXULTING MAN sole Potentate below	C
First felt thy pois'nous glow	C
He gaz'd upon his wond'rous frame	G
The self approving conscious flame	G
Thrill'd in each trembling vein with subtle art	I
Then fix'd its baneful source within his godlike Heart	I
	-
Thy breath accurs'd brought deathless woe	C
On Man's devoted race	K
Hurl'd th' aspiring FIEND to realms below	C
Who plung'd in fell disgrace	K
There deep enthrall'd in adamantine spells	L
In chains of scorpions bound for ever ever dwells	L
	-
In ev'ry scene of social joy	M
Amidst the rude unpolish'd train	D
From the low offspring of the barren plain	D
To him whose lofty bosom owns	N
Descent sublime from scepter'd thrones	N
All all thy laws obey	I
	-
Thy light hand plumes the warrior's brow	O
Trims the fierce war with tinsel show	C
E'en in the tented fields thy banners flow	C
To thee illustrious Chieftans bow	O
'Tis thy capricious influence forms	N
All that mad ambition warms	N
The laurel wreath tho' steep'd in blood	I
Plac'd by thy fickle hand appears	N
Radiant as the sunny spheres	N
When Morn's proud beams roll in a golden flood	I
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AH VANITY avert thine eye	P
Check thy fell exulting joy	M
With burning drops thy flush'd cheek lave	Q
Nor gloat upon the carnag'd brave	Q
For what can trophied wreaths supply	P
To drown the desolating cry	P
That o'er th' empurpled fields afar	R
Proclaims the dread destructive pow'r of War	S
	-
E'en amidst the SAVAGE race	N
The untam'd INDIAN owns thy sway	I
For THEE he paints his tawny face	N
And decks his shaggy hair with fragments gay	I
For THEE he marks his sun burnt breast	I
With beads and feathers idly drest	I
His hardy limbs with gaudy tints imbru'd	I
Reeking and mangled with the pointed dart	I
Vainly he vaunts nor heeds the smart	I
Tho' pitying NATURE weeps with tears of blood	I
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Then turn my MUSE where milder joys	N
The village hero's mind employs	N
Where gentler sports delight the breast	I
And soften'd Nature smiles confest	I
Let me paint the rural scene	T
The white wash'd hut the velvet green	T
May's blithe morn exulting glee	U
The chaplet pendant on each tree	U
The shining hat with tawdry ribbands bound	I
The lofty may pole and the well swept ground	I
Where valiant combats speak the thirst of Fame	G
And the loud shout proclaims the victor's name	G
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O VANITY thy potent reign	D
Spreads its influence o'er the plain	D
For thee the blushing maids prepare	V
Garlands wove with nicest care	V
For thee they dress their festive bow'rs	N
With waving wreaths of scented flow'rs	N
Where the bold Youth that wins the prize	N
Reads his best Victory in his Sweetheart's Eyes	N
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Such is thy pow'r thy mandate rules	N
Above the laws of Pedant Schools	N
REASON in vain contends with Thee	U
TRIUMPHANT DEATHLESS VANITY	U
E'en now I feel thy vivid sparks infuse	N
A warmth that guides my hand and bids me court the MUSE	N

Mary Darby Robinson

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