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I wandered o'er the vast green plains of youth, / And searched for Pleasure. On a distant height / Fame's silhouette stood sharp against the skies. / Beyond vast crowds that thronged a broad high-way / I caught the glimmer of a golden goal, / While from a blooming bower smiled siren Love.
Straight gazing in her eyes, I laughed at Love, / With all the haughty insolence of youth, / As past her bower I strode to seek my goal. / "Now will I climb to glory's dizzy height," / I said, "for there above the common way / Doth pleasure dwell companioned by the skies."