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the sins of a lifetime passed in poetry and servitude (to others),
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these two have garland me with consequences that I fear,
due to them I am as if, like an animal to be offered as a ransom.
I obeyed the misleading passions of youth in both conditions
and achieved nothing except sin and remorse.
What a loss of oneself in its trading!
It did not purchase the Everlasting life with this life, nor did it barter.
And whosoever sells his Hereafter for his present life
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these two have garland me with consequences that I fear,
due to them I am as if, like an animal to be offered as a ransom.
I obeyed the misleading passions of youth in both conditions
and achieved nothing except sin and remorse.
What a loss of oneself in its trading!
It did not purchase the Everlasting life with this life, nor did it barter.
And whosoever sells his Hereafter for his present life