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SONG XIV.
[Ye who would life's pleasures prove]
Ye who would life's pleasures prove,
Taste the sweets of wine and love:
Wine, that lulls each care to rest;
Love, that melts the tyrant's breast.
Taste the sweets of wine and love:
Wine, that lulls each care to rest;
Love, that melts the tyrant's breast.
Envy not pert Fashion's fool,
Nor the few who're born to rule;
Grandeur, Pow'r, and Wealth despise—
Gay Content far from them flies.
Nor the few who're born to rule;
Grandeur, Pow'r, and Wealth despise—
Gay Content far from them flies.
Heed not how the moments pass,
Fill to love the sparkling glass;
Toast the young, the fair, the gay:
Life is short—live while you may.
Fill to love the sparkling glass;
Toast the young, the fair, the gay:
Life is short—live while you may.
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