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shall_v spend_v so_o many_o hour_n endure_v so_o much_o pain_n and_o run_v so_o many_o hazard_n to_o seek_v after_o a_o unhappy_a loathsomeness_n oh_o that_o ever_o thou_o shall_v take_v away_o thy_o love_n from_o i_o to_o place_v it_o on_o creature_n which_o so_o little_o deserve_v it_o and_o why_o shall_v the_o faculty_n of_o the_o eye_n which_o be_v ordain_v for_o light_n be_v thus_o apply_v to_o darkness_n shall_v that_o which_o be_v create_v for_o the_o use_n of_o life_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n alas_o what_o can_v thou_o gain_v by_o embrace_v thy_o lust_n o_o poor_a deceive_v soul_n what_o snare_n what_o trap_n what_o tempest_n beset_v thou_o on_o all_o side_n o_o man_n miserable_a wretch_n drench_v in_o the_o water_n of_o bitter_a tear_n where_o alas_o will_v