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Ah where|fore with | infec|tion should | he live,
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And with | his pres|ence grace | impi|ety,
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That sin | by him | advant|age should | achieve,
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And lace | itself | with his | soci|ety?
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Why should false | painting | imit|ate his | cheek,
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And steal | dead seem/ing of | his liv|ing hue?
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Why should poor | beauty | indi|rectly | seek
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Roses | of shad|ow, since | his rose | is true?
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Why should he | live, now Na|ture bank|rupt^is,
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Beggared | of blood | to blush | through* live|ly veins?
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For she | hath^no | exche|quer now | but his,
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And proud | of ma|ny, lives | upon | his gains?
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O him | she stores,| to show | what wealth | she
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In days long since,| before | these last | so
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Lines 5 and 7 are hexameter