English poem
SONG. (Talk not of books, of dress, of…)
by George Saville Carey (1743–1807)
Talk not of books, of dress, of riches, Talk not of Bacchanalian joy, For beauty 'tis that most bewitches, All nature's govern'd by a boy.
At Cupid's touch e'en heroes tremble, To beauty, stoics oft submit, And nothing, Clara can resemble, That has not beauty, love and wit.