XXXVIII.

Perhaps—but, sans perhaps, we need not seek[KD]For causes young or old: the canker-worm

Will feed upon the fairest, freshest cheek,

As well as further drain the withered form:

Care, like a housekeeper, brings every week

His bills in, and however we may storm,

They must be paid: though six days smoothly run,

The seventh will bring blue devils or a dun.

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