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    Curst be the Gold and Silver which persuadeWeak Men to follow far-fatiguing Trade!The Lilly-Peace outshines the silver Store,And Life is dearer than the golden Ore.Yet Money tempts us o'er the Desert brown,To ev'ry distant Mart and wealthy Town:Full oft we tempt the Land and Sea; And are we only yet repay'd by Thee?Ah! why was Ruin so attractive made, Or why fond Man so easily betrayed?-Eclogue the Second. Hassan; or the Camel-driver

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    Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.

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