Man's Reason is in such deep insolvency to sense, that tho'… - Robert Bridges

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Man's Reason is in such deep insolvency to sense,
that tho' she guide his highest flight heav'nward, and teach him
dignity morals manners and human comfort,
she can delicatly and dangerously bedizen
the rioting joys that fringe the sad pathways of Hell.

Robert Bridges

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Robert Seymour Bridges, OM (October 23, 1844 – April 21, 1930) was an English poet. He was poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.

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Alternative Names: Robert Seymour Bridges • Robert S. Bridges

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John Keats Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Letitia Elizabeth Landon Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Wordsworth

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