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c brows!
henceforth i&039;ll rove where by ploughs
are whistl&039; thrang,
an&039; teach the nely heights an&039; howes
y rtic sang
i&039;ll wander on, wi&039; tentless heed
how never-haltg onts speed,
till fate shall snap the brittle thread;
then, all unknown,
i&039;ll y with th&039; glorio dead
fot and gone!
but why o&039; death beg a tale?
jt now we&039;re livg und and hale;
then and a crowd the sail,
heave care o&039;er-side!
and r, before enjoynt&039;s gale,
let&039;s tak the tide
this life, sae far&039;s i understand,
is a&039; enchanted fairy-nd,
where pleasure is the agic-wand,
that, wielded right,
aks hours like utes, hand hand,
dance by fu&039; light
the agic-wand then let wield;
for ance that five-an&039;-forty&039;s speel&039;d,
see, crazy, weary, joyless eild,
wi&039; wrkl&039;d face,
es host, hirpl owre the field,
we&039; creep pace
when ance life&039;s day draws near the gloa,
then fareweel vacant, careless roa;
an&039; fareweel cheerfu&039; tankards foa,
an&039; cial noise:
an&039; fareweel dear, dedg woan,
the joy of joys!
o life! how pleasant, thy orng,
young fancy&039;s rays the hills adorng!
ld-pag caution&039;s lesn srng,
we frisk away,
like school-boys, at th&039; expected warng,
to joy an&039; py
we wander there, we wander here,
we eye the rose upon the brier,
undful that the thorn is near,
aong the leaves;
and tho&039; the puny wound appear,
short while it grieves
, cky, fd a flow&039;ry spot,
for which they never toil&039;d nor swat;
they drk the sweet and eat the fat,
but care or pa;
and haply eye the barren hut
with high disda
with steady ai, fortune chase;
keen
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