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The cause of guilt is Ever on the watch for borrowed strength, --ever doubtful of its own.-- A moment snaps thy happiness in twain Some selfish Villain 'void of soul decrees That thou must die, --his vanity to please And thus [[underline]] despoil'd [[/underline]] be cast abroad again Cast haply on the spot where lately too In beauty's pride thou little dreamt thy fate despis'd by those who Envied thee so late And crush'd by feet that once were stopt to [[unclear]] : Then by that fell destroyer man desir'd Obtain'd, --& then unpitied cast away.
