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I gave myself to him, / And took himself for pay.
The solemn contract of a life / Was ratified this way.
The wealth might disappoint, / Myself a poorer prove / Than this great purchaser suspect, / The daily own of Love
Depreciate the vision; / But, till the merchant buy, / Still fable, in the isles of spice, / The subtle cargoes lie.
At least, 't is mutual risk, -- / Some found it mutual gain; / Sweet debt of Life, -- each night to owe, / Insolvent, every noon.