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B. II. Prevent the lingering fates. For know, whate'er Beyond its natural fervor hurries on The sanguine tide; whether the frequent bowl, High-season'd fare, or exercise to toil Protracted; spurs to its last stage tir'd life, And sows the temples with untimely snow. When life is new, the ductile fibres feel The heart's increasing force; and, day by day, The growth advances; till the larger tubes, Acquiring (from their elemental veins, Condens'd to solid chords) a firmer tone, Rh