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NHG-P.760.016
28 Mar 1760:23 (182)
WEALTH WITHOUT CONTENT.
Who' wealth was poured like a rolling tide,
Exceeds the miser's grasp on every side,
His wishes still would rise too late, to be supply'd.
Tho' countless bounds of orient pearls were strung,
And down his breast the costly baubles hung,
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MERIT WILL SHINE IN SPITE OF OPPOSITION.
Envy will merit, as its shade perfue;
But like a shadow prove the substance true;
For envy'd wit, like sol eclips'd, makes known
Tho' opposing bodies grossness, not its own.
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INTEMPERANCE KILLS MORE THAN THE SWORD.
Tho' gay luxurious [ ] their time will waste,
The throat to [ ] and indulge the taste;
Yet further pain the lawless joy begets,
A train of ill success the transient sweets.
Ridges of fat the manly form disgrace
And bloated veins enlarge the purpled face.
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