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EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 29. ALL NOT WORTH A REWARD by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: WHAT MEANS THIS WORSHIP? ALL THIS CRINGE AND WHINE
Last Line: TOILING FOR OTHERS, THOU THYSELF GROW'ST POOR.
Subject(s): LOVE - UNREQUITED;
WHAT means this worship? All this cringe and whine,
And this attendance dancing at her door?
Like slave that labours in a mill or mine
Toiling for others, thou thyself grow'st poor.



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