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Author name:
"Combe, William (1742 -1823)"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Politics of Author:
"Supporter of Pitt"
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Metaphor Category:
"Animals"
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Literary Period:
"French Revolution"
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"Industrial Revolution"
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"Nineteenth Century"
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"Romantic"
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Genre:
"Poetry"
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Date: 1809, 1812
"There fawning flatt'ry wins its way, / There the base passions join the fray, / Like beasts that on each other prey; / While the smile hides each trait'rous heart, / And interest plays a Proteus part."
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Date: 1815
"With my own hand I'll ope the way / From its base tenement of clay; / Tir'd of its suff'rings here below, / I'll loose it from this scene of woe; / I'll prune its wings and let it fly, / To seek again its native sky."
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