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Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
And individual freedom mute,
. . . .
Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,
Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.
