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SONG by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU

First Line: HOW HAPPY IS THE HARDEN'D HEART
Last Line: WHICH TRUTH AND VIRTUE CAN BESTOW?

How happy is the harden'd heart,
Where interest is the only view!
Can sigh and meet, or smile and part,
Nor pleas'd, nor griev'd, nor false, nor true --
Yet, have they truly peace of mind?
Or do they ever truly know
The bliss sincerer tempers find,
Which truth and virtue can bestow?



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