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  ...o'er with blue, Soft Persian sentences, in lilac letters, From poets, or the moralists their betters.
LXV.
These Oriental writings on the wall, Quite common in those countries, are a kind Of monitors adapted to recall, Like skulls at Memphian banquets, to the mind, The words which shook Belshazzar in his hall, And took his kingdom from him: You will find, Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.  
LXVI.
A Beauty at the season's close grown hectic, A Genius who has drunk himself to death, A Rake turned methodistic, or Eclectic--[184] (For that's the name they like to pray beneath)--[cr] But most, an Alderman struck apoplectic, Are things that really take away the breath,-- And show that late hours, wine, and love are able To do not much less damage than the table.
LXVII.
Haid??e and...   Byron, Lord

Excerpt from The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 · This quote is about pleasure · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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