Pernicious weed whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours. (William Cowper)

Pernicious weed whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours.

William Cowper

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