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    How fever'd is that Man who cannot look
    Upon his mortal days with temperate blood
    Who vexes all the leaves of his Life's book
    And robs his fair name of its maidenhood.

    It is as if the rose should pluck herself
    Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom,
    As if a clear Lake meddling with itself
    Should cloud its pureness with a muddy gloom.

    But the rose leaves herself upon the Briar
    For winds to kiss and grateful Bees to feed,
    And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire,
    The undisturbed Lake has crystal space—

    Why then should man teasing the world for grace,
    Spoil his salvation by a fierce miscreed?

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