Pride misers with enjoyment, when we have
Delight in things that are but of the mind:
But half humility when we partake
Pleasures that are half wants, the spirit pines
And struggles in its fetters, and disdains
The low base clay to which it is allied.


Erinna - The Golden Violet (1827)


Pride misers with enjoyment, when we have Delight in things that are but of the mind: But half humility when we partake Pleasures that are half...

Pride misers with enjoyment, when we have Delight in things that are but of the mind: But half humility when we partake Pleasures that are half...

Pride misers with enjoyment, when we have Delight in things that are but of the mind: But half humility when we partake Pleasures that are half...

Pride misers with enjoyment, when we have Delight in things that are but of the mind: But half humility when we partake Pleasures that are half...