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mcr _ chant's gains, Arc liaifli to please a Wo _ man
The Sailor spreads the- daring sail,
Tlitf.' angry seas a foaming;
The jewels, gems n» foreign shores,
Ho gies, to please a Woman.
TJ10 Sodgcr l;o'lit s o'er crimson fields,
In distant climates roaming;
Yt» lays,wi' pride, iiis laurels down,
Before all— conquering Woman.
A Monarch Ica'cs his golden throne,
Wi' other men in common,
He flings aside his crown, ami km < !<.
A subject to a Woman.
The' I had a* cer man possess <1,
Barbarian, Greek or Roman;
It wad nae a' he worth » strae,
Without my goddess.* Woman'-,
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