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Such spiteful chance, 'tis natural,

Must thy existence fill with gall.

Who doubts it! To each noble ear,

This clanging odious must appear;

This cursed ding-dong, booming loud,

The cheerful evening-sky doth shroud,

With each event of life it blends,

From birth to burial it attends,

Until this mortal life doth seem,

Twixt ding and dong, a vanished dream!