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He Discourseth Of Trouble And Sorrow.

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What else do they live for? They live but for this;     And nothing but this ever troubles their thinking;     Rich eating, rich dressing, and flirting's their bliss,     And life's better purposes constantly blinking.     Their life's but a tissue of trouble and sorrow     Of what is the fashion or will be to-morrow.

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