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Euphrenia or the Test of Love

A poem by William Sharp
Sharp, William,1855-1905

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EUPHRENIA
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CANTO FIRST.
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CANTO SECOND.
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CANTO THIRD

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Hardest of fates! too hard, alas!
Tuition's wages are
Insult, neglect, ingratitude,
A life of constant care,
A goading apprehension
Of long prospective want,
An absence of all sympathy,
A nauseous flood of cant,
A menial's wages, nay, far less;
This will ye surely find,
Ye who aspire to teach the young,
To train the immortal mind.
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