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O Souls, In Whom No Heavenly Fire

by John Dryden

John Dryden

O souls, in whom no heavenly fire is found,
Fat minds, and ever grovelling on the ground!
We bring our manners to the blest abodes,
And think what pleases us must please the Gods.




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