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[How soon a miser's fears are past]
Wherefore he sent for him the oftener, &c.
—xxiv. 26.
How soon a miser's fears are past,
How transient his remorse within!
Pangs of repentance cannot last
While Felix cherishes his sin:
The love of gold and beastly vice
Destroys the work but just begun,
It stops his ears, puts out his eyes,
And turns again his heart to stone.
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