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HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 32 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH

First Line: AND SO RUN HEADLONG, CARELESS OF OUR GOOD
Last Line: MY DAILY WRONG, AND THEN I SHALL REPENT.

And so run headlong, careless of our good,
Into all danger that the world hath sent;
But Heaven be prais'd, that I have this withstood,
I never knew what carnal action meant;
For other sins I know I have a share,
As deep as any that committed sin,
And more must have; I yet cannot forbear:
Such is the state my restless soul lives in,
Such is my state, unless thou dost relent
My daily wrong, and then I shall repent.



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