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Songs Set To Music: 1. Set By Mr. Abel: Poem by Matthew Prior

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Reading ends in melancholy,
Wine breeds vices and diseases,
Wealth is but care, and love but folly,
Only friendship truly pleases.
My wealth, my books, my flask, my Molly,
Farewell all if friendship ceases.

Analysis of this poem
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