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... Did ye not hear it ? -No ; ' twas but the wind , Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined , No sleep till morn , when Youth & Pleasure meet , To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet— But ...
... Did ye not hear it ? -No ; ' twas but the wind , Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined , No sleep till morn , when Youth & Pleasure meet , To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet— But ...
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