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( 8 ) Be our passions the gale, and let reason but flee

then safe down the stream shall we roll;

And enjoy in the passage each pleasure that springs

each social delight of the Soul.

With reason we'll take of the pleasures of life,

with reason partake of the bowl;

And the blessings of health, love and friendship she crow,

from whence springs the joys of the Soul.

Let us cherish the gift as a bounty most rare,

let us seize on Old Time as it roll;

And when Nature forbids it, let's calmly resign

the social delights of the Soul.







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