ONLY THIS ONCE.
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And angel-eyes with pity wept
When he whom virtue fain would save,
His sacred vow so falsely kept,
And strangely sought a drunkard's grave.
"Only this once."—Beware,—beware!—
Gaze not upon the blushing wine,
Repel temptation's syren-snare,
And prayerful seek for strength divine.
