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From the Italian Poets.
The Birth-Day.
Bring me Aurelius, bring me Wine,Roses about my Temples twine,
Make me a shady Grove which may
Damp the too pow'rful Heat of Day;
I hate a splendid House, a Noble Seat,
These are the Trappings of the Great;
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And let the Glass go freely round:
So when I've fairly drank my share,
In slumbers I will drown my Care;
Thus I'll carouse and banish Sorrow,
Who knows if he shall live to Morrow?
'Tis wise to revel whilst we may,
Since Youth and Beauty fly away.
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