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'Tis easier far a wreath to bind,     Than a good owner fort to find.      -     I kill'd a thousand flies overnight,     Yet was waken'd by one, as soon as twas light.      -     To the mother I give;     For the daughter I live.      -     A breach is every day,     By many a mortal storm'd;     Let them fall in the gaps as they may,     Yet a heap of dead is ne'er form'd.      -     What harm has thy poor mirror done, alas?     Look not so ugly, prythee, in the glass!

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