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The Deceitful World

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 3, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 18.

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The Deceitful World

By Bonar

O WORLD, with all thy smiles and loves, With all thy song and wine, What mockery of human hearts, What treachery is thine!
Thou wouldest, but thou canst not heal, Thy words are warbled lies; Thy hand contains the poisoned cup, And he who drinks it dies.
O world, there's fever in thy touch, And frenzy in thine eye; To lose and shun thee is to live, To win thee is to die!
— Bonar.