Again—

False world, thou ly’st: thou canst not lend

The least delight:

Thy favours cannot gain a friend,

They are so slight:

Thy morning-pleasures make an end

To please at night:

Poor are the wants that thou supply’st:

And yet thou vaunt’st, and yet thou vy’st

With heav’n; fond earth, thou boast’st,

False world, thou ly’st.

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