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Thy glass | will show | thee how | thy beaut|ies
wear,
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Thy di|al how | thy pre|cious min|utes waste;
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The vac|ant leaves | thy mind's | imprint | will
bear,
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And of | this book,| this learn|ing mayst | thou
taste.
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The wrink|les which | thy glass | will tru|ly show
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Of mouth|ed graves | will give | thee mem|ory;
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Thou by | thy di|al's shad|y stealth | mayst^know
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Time's thievish pro|gress to | etern|ity.
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Look what | thy mem|ory | cannot | contain,
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Commit | to these waste blacks,| and thou | shalt
find
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Those^child|ren nursed,| deliv|ered from | thy
brain,
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To take | a new | acquaint|ance of | thy mind.
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These of|fices,| so oft | as thou | wilt look,
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Shall prof|it thee,| and much | enrich | thy
book.