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Employment.
Those who are of riches possess'd,
Are not from employment exempt;
If they give themselves up but to rest,
They're objects of real contempt.
Are not from employment exempt;
If they give themselves up but to rest,
They're objects of real contempt.
The pleasure employments create,
By them cannot be understood;
And tho' they may rank with the great,
They never can rank with the good.
By them cannot be understood;
And tho' they may rank with the great,
They never can rank with the good.
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