Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell Thy fools no more I'll tease This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease.
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The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
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See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth,
All matter quick, and bursting into birth.
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Ah, too forgetful of thy wife and son!
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