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The Tempted Soul

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Weak soul, by sense still led astray,          Why wilt thou parley with the foe?          He seeks to work thine overthrow,     And thou, poor fool! dost point the way.     Hast thou forgotten many a day,          When thou exulting forth didst go,          And ere the noon wert lying low,     A broken and defenceless prey?     If thou wouldst live, avoid his face;          Dwell in the wilderness apart,                 And gather force for vanquishing,     Ere thou returnest to his place.          Then arm, and with undaunted heart                 Give battle, till he own thee king.

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