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XLVI

For in and out, above, about, below,
'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow- show,
Play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun,
Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.


XLVII

And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press.
End in the Nothing all Things end in — Yes —
Then fancy while Thou art, Thou art but what
Thou shalt be — Nothing — Thou shalt not be less.