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 On his weary couch
 Fat Luxury, sick of the night's debauch,
  Lay groaning, fretful at the obtrusive read more 
 On his weary couch
 Fat Luxury, sick of the night's debauch,
  Lay groaning, fretful at the obtrusive beam
   That through his lattice peeped derisively. 
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.
 Fell luxury! more perilous to youth
 Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains.  
 Fell luxury! more perilous to youth
 Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains. 
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!
Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!
 Sofas 'twas half a sin to sit upon,
 So costly were they; carpets, every stitch
  Of workmanship read more 
 Sofas 'twas half a sin to sit upon,
 So costly were they; carpets, every stitch
  Of workmanship so rare, they make you wish
   You could glide o'er them like a golden fish. 
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
 Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its 
necessities.  
 Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its 
necessities.