Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasur…

Joseph Addison
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee! ✨ Joseph Addison (1811). The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, p.283
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