FLATTERY, OR VANITY. 
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VENUS’S LOOKING GLASS. 
Campanula Speculum. 
Language — FLATTERY, OR VANITY. 
0, I know 
Thou hast a tongue to charm *the wildest tempers ; 
Herds would forget to graze, and savage beasts * 
Stand still, and lose their fierceness, but to hear thee, 
As if they had reflection, and, by reason, 
Forsook a less enjoyment for a greater. 
Rows. 
Hold, Pharnaces! 
No adulation ; ’tis the death of virtue ; 
Who flatters is of all mankind the lowest, 
Save he who courts the flatterer. 
H. Mobs. 
Alas ! the praise given to the ear 
Ne’er was nor ere can be sincere, 
And does but waste the mind 
On which it preys : in vain 
Would they in whom the poison lurks 
A worthier state attain. 
Miss Landoit. 
I would give worlds, could I believe 
One half that is professed me ; 
Affection, could I think it thee, 
When flattery has caressed me 
Miss Landoit. 
Minds 
By nature great are conscious of their greatness, 
And hold it mean to borrow aught from flattery. 
Rowe. 
