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32 Songs Compleat,
Therefore kind Sir, grant me the Joys,
That belong to Woman-kind ;
And the Fates above Reward your Love,
To an Old Woman Poor and Blind.
The Mad-Man s SONG.
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THere can be no Glad-man compar'd to the Mad-
man,
His Mind is still void of Care ;
His Fits and his Fancies, are above all Mischances,
And Mirth is his ordinary Fare.
Then be thou Mad, Mad, Mad let's be,
Nor shall the foul Fiend be Madder than we.
The Wise and the Witty, in Court and in City,
Are subject to sorrow and Pain ;
While he that is Mad, knows not why to be Sad,
Nor has any cause to complain :
Then be thou Mad, &c.
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