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ODE XXXVI. Upon Life.
Teach me not your arts and rules;
Empty words of bab'ling schools!
What of good to me imparts,
Your vain talk of rules and arts?
Empty words of bab'ling schools!
What of good to me imparts,
Your vain talk of rules and arts?
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Teach me rather to refine,
In the pleasing rules of wine!
Teach me rather to improve,
In the golden arts of love.
In the pleasing rules of wine!
Teach me rather to improve,
In the golden arts of love.
Quick, e'er hasty life take wing,
Wine refresh'd with water bring:
Bring the heav'nly mixture, boy!
Grudge me not the short-liv'd joy!
Destin'd soon to yield my breath,
There's no drinking after death!
Wine refresh'd with water bring:
Bring the heav'nly mixture, boy!
Grudge me not the short-liv'd joy!
Destin'd soon to yield my breath,
There's no drinking after death!
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