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That wine forms new freindships, & ˄ [[addition]] strengthens [[/addition]] the old He sought not, such freinds as a Bumper dispenses And kept those he had, without losing his senses. For tho' he conceived it quite right to improve By reciprocal kindness, reciprocal love Still his dull apprehension prevented ˄ [[addition]] his [[/addition]] viewing Either kindness or love, in reciprocal Spring Till twenty and past, spite of many a rebuff If not over wise, he was merry enough Ere thirty he fount that on this side the grave A Man must be either a dupe or a knave So his trigger he drew! -- & this stake in the mark Where rot [[underline]] the remains of this very strange [[/underline]] spark. [[foreign: French]] Peindrais je O Dieux! sa grace, et ses attraits? Que l'art fécond forme les plus beaux traits, Qu'il embellisse, éxagère, imagine, Il rend Venus, et ne rend pas Phrosine. Son âme était le pur souffle des Dieux Un doux rayon éclatait dans se Yeux. -- [[/foreign]]
