Misanthropy
Oh ! shame, shame to humanity! The snake
Hisses before it stings; the howling wolf
Plays not the hypocrite; we know the vulture,
By its loud flapping wings, and frantic scream;
And the tall lion with roar and fiend-like glare
Warns while it terrifies. But man! soft man!
Came with a smiling countenance, and tongue
Of honied-flowing eloquence: his hand
Smooth'd the same cheek it smote; and those false lips,
While seeming fondness glued them to his friend's,
Spat poison down his throat.
Hisses before it stings; the howling wolf
Plays not the hypocrite; we know the vulture,
By its loud flapping wings, and frantic scream;
And the tall lion with roar and fiend-like glare
Warns while it terrifies. But man! soft man!
Came with a smiling countenance, and tongue
Of honied-flowing eloquence: his hand
Smooth'd the same cheek it smote; and those false lips,
While seeming fondness glued them to his friend's,
Spat poison down his throat.
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