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W

HAT various ways we different mortals press,
   To that fam'd goal, the world calls happiness !

Some take ambition's high and slipp'ry road;
And some rich viands make their chiefest god.
Some wine, some women; some love cards and dice ;
Some think full bags all human bliss comprise.
Some love retirement; some for pleasure roam,
And some for books do starve themselves at home.

   But here old merry Kate, and Nan, and Boss,
Find nearer ways to climb to happiness :
Gin punch and flip, are all their sole delight :
They laugh at th' world, and swear they're only right.