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Marah

By Owen Meredith [i.e. E. R. B. Lytton]: 2nd ed.

Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

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What is life? The incessant desiring
Of a joy that is never acquired;
And, instead of that joy, the acquiring
Of enjoyments that are not desired.