Yea, O Charlie. As in
"let love to man be only a part of that glowing flame of universal
love, which, after encircling humanity, mounts in grateful incense to
God,"
and
Let Flatt'ry sickening see the Incense rise,
Sweet to the World, and grateful to the Skies.
>Another possibility is that we read 'ungratefulness' not in the
>sense of lack of gratitude, but tediousness, distastefulness. This
>parallels the previous lines well: just as they scorn love, so they
>find virtue distasteful. This is not of course to say that the other
>sense of 'ungratefulness' is absent.
>
>Charlie
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