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EPIGRAM CCLXXI.
[Thro' life's whole range, say what we will]
ALIUSQUE ET IDEM.
Thro' life's whole range, say what we will,
Capricious as we seem,
We all pay humble homage still,
To what we beauty deem:
Capricious as we seem,
We all pay humble homage still,
To what we beauty deem:
Not that such beauty's sovereign power
Keeps any stedfast plan:
Changeful in form, from hour to hour;
Distinct, as man from man:
Keeps any stedfast plan:
Changeful in form, from hour to hour;
Distinct, as man from man:
With equal force in various ways,
As wayward humour jumps,
In lovers, Queen of Hearts it sways;
In gamesters, Queen of Trumps!
As wayward humour jumps,
In lovers, Queen of Hearts it sways;
In gamesters, Queen of Trumps!
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