Heaven but the Vision of fulfilled Desire. And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire.
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Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
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Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life
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I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell:
And after many days my Soul return'd
And said, "Behold, Myself am Heav'n and Hell.
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Oh, the brave Music of a distant Drum.
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