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 I rose up at the dawn of day,--
 "Get thee away! get thee away!
  Pray'st thou for read more 
 I rose up at the dawn of day,--
 "Get thee away! get thee away!
  Pray'st thou for riches? Away, away!
   This is the throne of Mammon grey." 
 Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare,
 And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.  
 Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare,
 And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. 
 What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold!
 Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.  
 What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold!
 Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold. 
 Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures
 To restless action spurs our fate!
  Cursed when for soft, read more 
 Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures
 To restless action spurs our fate!
  Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures,
   He lays for us the pillows straight. 
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
 Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store,
 Sees but a backward steward for the poor.  
 Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store,
 Sees but a backward steward for the poor. 
 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, 
and love the other; or else read more 
 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, 
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise 
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.