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Past are the Pangs of fear and doubt,
The Sun is from the Dial gone,
The Sands are sunk, the Glass is out,
The folly of the Farce is done.

— Thomas d'Urfey

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But as the law does think it fit,
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I took her by the lily white hand,
And by the twat I caught her,
I swear and vow, and tell you true,
She piss’d in my hand with laughter.

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