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Were it aught | to me | I bore | the can|opy,
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With my | extern | the out|ward hon|oring,
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Or laid | great bas/es for | etern|ity,
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Which proves | more short | than waste | or
ru|ining?
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Have I | not seen dwel|lers on form | and
fav|or,
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Lose^all | and more | by pay|ing too | much^rent
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For com|pound sweet, for|going | simple | savor,
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Piti|ful thriv|ers in | their gaz|ing spent.
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No, let | me be | obse|quious in | thy heart,
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And take | thou my | obla|tion, poor | but free,
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Which is | not mixed | with sec|onds, knows | no
art,
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But mu|tual rend|er, on|ly me | for thee.
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Hence, thou | suborned | inform|er, a / true soul
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When most | impeached,| stands least in thy |
control.
*Lines 5 and 7 are hexameter