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XXIV.
Enough if he hath decked thee with the wealthOf his heaven-nurtured spirit,—showering gems
Of thought and fancy, coining youth and health
To gild with fame thy papal diadems;
Plucking life's roses with their roots and stems
To wreathe an altar which returned him naught
But the poor patronage of some suspected thought.
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