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Genre:
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"Eighteenth Century"
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Author name:
"Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)"
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Date: November 25, 1707; 1708
"Fools that we are! to vex the lab'ring Brain, / And waste decaying Nature thus with Thought; / To keep the weary Spirits waking still; / To goad and drive 'em in eternal Rounds / Of restless wracking Care; 'tis all in vain. / Blind Goddess Chance! henceforth I follow thee."
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