The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings,And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance.
It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely.
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It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely.
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