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 POEMS. 63

��XLVIII. DESIRE.

TX 7HO never wanted, maddest joy

The banquet of abstemiousness Surpasses that of wine.
 * * Remains to him unknown ;

Within its hope, though yet ungrasped

Desire's perfect goal, No nearer, lest reality

Should disenthrall thy soul.

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