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Song. Translated From the Italian - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Song. Translated From the Italian

By Percy Bysshe ShelleySource: Percy Bysshe Shelley - PoetryDB (Public Domain)71 words

Oh! what is the gain of restless care,

And what is ambitious treasure?

And what are the joys that the modish share,

In their sickly haunts of pleasure?

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