But shame and toil, but riot and abuse:
We might be then from serious griefs exempt,
And view the whole with pity and contempt,
Alas! but here the vilest passions rule;
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It is Seduction's, is Temptation's school:
Where vices mingle in the oddest ways,
The grossest slander and the dirtiest praise;
Flattery enough to make the vainest sick,
And clumsy stratagem, and scoundrel trick.