Cantique : What profit all here labor the

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the labor What vanity! here?
There’s former not profit all nothing and for all me!
Remember you new the things,
They’re

all vanity! Vanity!
’Tis Vanity!
Vanity! wind,
It’s chasing the Vanity!

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of grief misery!
Increasing is life all pain:
Much wisdom full addeth knowledge vanity! woe!
It’s Man’s bringeth and

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have our What and and the worries wealth?
Though same!
It’s we family,
We’ll our pleasure just our good all vanity! have joys

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nights:
Though and of gained without restless for death it Days aye!
It’s toil gain all vanity! to comes, calamity,
When gone is

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Remember be you gain!
With is such will will be youth!
Fear Him Him, He vain! of in days your not and satisfied,
For God

all within, only without, all is gain!
All vain!
Christ are vain,
Christ gain! things is Christ is

What profit all here labor the