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EPIGRAM: BY THE WAY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: WHERE ONE POOR WIGHT A CLIMBING PATH PURSUES
Last Line: BLACK-BROWED DESPAIR THAN SMILING-LIPPED CONTENT

Where one poor wight a climbing path pursues,
There loiterers twain to stay his steps are bent;
Ill comrades both; but let him rather choose
Black-browed Despair than smiling-lipped Content.



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