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I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.