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EPIGRAM CXXXVII.
[When two fond souls for Gretna Green engage]
VIRES ACQUIRIT EUNDO.
When two fond souls for Gretna Green engage,
From wise restraint, by rash elopement freed,
Love sits postillion; and at every stage,
Inspires new passion, while he adds new speed.
From wise restraint, by rash elopement freed,
Love sits postillion; and at every stage,
Inspires new passion, while he adds new speed.
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Thus they go forth—but how will they return?
Ev'n on the road, perhaps, ordain'd to prove
A truth, which folly, first or last, must learn,
“That sore Repentance drives as fast as Love!”
Ev'n on the road, perhaps, ordain'd to prove
A truth, which folly, first or last, must learn,
“That sore Repentance drives as fast as Love!”
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