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When the wine-cup at the lip / Slants its sparkling fire, / O'er its level, while you sip, / Have you marked the finger-tip / Of the god DESIRE slip, / Of the god DESIRE? / Saying -- "Lo, the hours run! / Live your day before 't is done!"
When the empty goblet lies / At the ended revel, / In the glass, the wine-stain dyes, / Have you marked the hollow eyes / Of a mocking Devil rise, / Of a mocking Devil? / Saying -- "Lo, the day is through! / Look on joy it gave to you!"