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150 Taught by this emblem they'll relate What's to be every mortal's fate, Thee, Macareus, though all men choose, Though much they love thee, oft they lose; And I'm persuaded that you dwell With me, though this I fear to tell. Who boasts that with thee he is blessed, By envy oft is dispossessed; A man should know, to make thee sure, How to live happy while obscure.