Doing, a filthy pleasure is, and short And done, we straight repent us of the sport Let us not rush blindly on unto it, Like lustful beasts, that only know to do it For lust will languish, and that heat decay, But thus, thus, keeping endless Holy. (Ben Jonson)

Doing, a filthy pleasure is, and short And done, we straight repent us of the sport Let us not rush blindly on unto it, Like lustful beasts, that only know to do it For lust will languish, and that heat decay, But thus, thus, keeping endless Holy.

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