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“Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, And eagerly pursues imaginary joys.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Virtuoso. Stanza x.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- e93566d13a40cd27e643207125252bbbf7d308b346ac277edbbe88944ff98201
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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