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AD ASTRA: 146 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: ANSWER THOU, AGE OF LETHARGY AND VICE!
Last Line: AND GOD THE FURTHER OFF, LOVES LAMP UNTRIMM'D!
Subject(s): LOVE;
Answer thou, Age of lethargy and vice
With stimulants are all our senses fed—
The patient soul is made a sacrifice
To pay for pleasures of the heart and head,
While soft narcotics numb with nervous dread—
No wonder its fair vestal-light is dimm'd,
And God the further off, Loves lamp untrimm'd!



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