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11For a good while we have been apart,Once and for all, let us now go our separate ways,
22my dear ladies and gentlemen,My dear ladies and gentlemen, so fine and fair.
33rather like a separation in marriage,Enough of playing out the nuptial ode,
44and then, our delights were too sweet.Our delights were just too cloyingly sweet.
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66No remorse, no real regret, no disaster!No remorse, no real regrets, no disaster!
77It is frightening to contemplate the affinitiesHow frightful to consider the likeness
88we share with the sheepWe bore to those sheep
99that the worst verse-monger festoons with ribbons.That the worst verse-monger festoons with ribbons.
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1111We were a little too absurdWe were a little too absurd
1212with our expressions as though butter would scarcely melt in our mouths.With our affected looks, as though butter would scarcely melt in our mouths.
1313The God of love willed that one should take breath,The God of love expects the breath of life,
1414and he was right! And this is a young God.And he is right! After all, this is a young God.
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1616We have been apart, I tell you once more.And so, I say once again, let us go our separate ways.
1717O, that our overly bleating hearts,O, let our once overly bleating hearts,
1818from this day forth, cry out just as clamorouslyFrom this day forth, cry out just as clamorously
1919to set off for Sodom and Gomorrah!To set off for Sodom and Gomorrah!

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