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And angel-eyes with pity wept When he whom virtue fain would save, His sacred vow so falsely kept, And strangely sought a drunkard's grave.

"Only this once."—Beware,—beware!— Gaze not upon the blushing wine, Repel temptation's syren-snare, And prayerful seek for strength divine.