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'The aged man that coffers-up his gold (856)

Is plagued with cramps and gouts and painful fits; (857)

And scarce hath eyes his treasure to behold, (858)

But like still-pining Tantalus he sits, (859)

And useless barns the harvest of his wits;
(860)
Having no other pleasure of his gain (861)

But torment that it cannot cure his pain.

William Shakespeare. W. G. Clark. W. Aldis Wright. The Globe Shakespeare. New York. Nelson Doubleday, Inc.

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