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XV.
[I not care for Gyges sway]
I not care for Gyges sway,
Or the Lydian scepter weigh;
Nor am covetous of gold,
Nor with envy Kings behold:
All my care is to prepare
Fragrant unguents for my hair:
All my care is where to get
Roses for a Coronet;
All my care is for to day;
What's to morrow who can say?
Or the Lydian scepter weigh;
Nor am covetous of gold,
Nor with envy Kings behold:
All my care is to prepare
Fragrant unguents for my hair:
All my care is where to get
Roses for a Coronet;
All my care is for to day;
What's to morrow who can say?
Come then, let us drink and dice
And to Bacchus sacrifice,
Ere death come and take us off,
Crying, hold! th'hast drunk enough.
And to Bacchus sacrifice,
Ere death come and take us off,
Crying, hold! th'hast drunk enough.
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