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POEMS. 63

��XLVIII. DESIRE.

TX 7HO never wanted, maddest joy

  • * Remains to him unknown ;

The banquet of abstemiousness Surpasses that of wine.

Within its hope, though yet ungrasped

Desire's perfect goal, No nearer, lest reality

Should disenthrall thy soul.

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