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If the heart of a man is depressed with cares,
The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears;
Like the notes of a fiddle, she sweetly, sweetly
Raises the spirits, and charms our ears.
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If the heart of a man is depress'd with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.
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How happy I am, if you say this from your heart! For I love thee so, that I could sooner bear to see thee hang'd than in the Arms of another.
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Excuse me, then! you know my heart;
But dearest friends, alas! must part.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
June 30, 1685
Died:
December 4, 1732
(aged 47)
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