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or he through Sin's long labyrinth had run,[s]Nor made atonement when he did amiss,Had sighed to many though he loved but one,[t][24]And that loved one, alas! could ne'er be his.Ah, happy she! to 'scape from him whose kissHad been pollution unto aught so chaste;Who soon had left her charms for vulgar bliss,And spoiled her goodly lands to gild his waste,Nor calm domestic peace had ever deigned to taste.
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