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LIVE AND LET LIVE by ELIZA COOK

First Line: THERE IS ROOM IN THE WORLD FOR MORE PLEASURE
Last Line: "THAN WHEN SHE SAYS, ""LIVE AND LET LIVE."
Subject(s): LIFE; PLEASURE;
THERE is room in the world for more pleasure,
If Man would but learn to be just;
And regret when his fellow-man's measure
Runs over with tear-drops and dust.
We were sent here to help one another,
And he who neglects the behest
Disgraces the milk of his mother,
And spreadeth Love's pall o'er his breast.
And the spirit that covets unduly,
Holds sin that 'tis hard to forgive;
For Religion ne'er preaches more truly
Than when she says, "Live and let live."



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