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Can happiness be mine when the restless body tires,
And, wearied of the wine of dangerous desires,
I turn toward heights that shine with unbefriending fires?

I have looked and understood how happiness recedes;
Not like the shore we leave at sunset; not by deeds
Of anger or indifference darkened into death,
But taken away by time,—O given back like breath.
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