English poem
Poem 175 (Praise me, and I shall sink…)
by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)
Praise me, and I shall sink In shallow water; Folly upon the brink, Vanity's daughter!
Alone they safely trod The flowery mazes Who loved the praise of God More than man's praises.
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