John Wolcot: The sages say, Dame Truth delights to dwell (Strange Mansion!) in the bottom of a well: Questions are then the Windlass

The sages say, Dame Truth delights to dwell (Strange Mansion!) in the bottom of — John Wolcot

The sages say, Dame Truth delights to dwell (Strange Mansion!) in the bottom of a well: Questions are then the Windlass and the rope That pull the grave old Gentlewoman up.

John Wolcot

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