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I had searched thro' the world for the world's greatest treasure --
In the temple of Art, in the palace of Pleasure;
In the marts of the cities where riches and pride,
Sprang up from the compost and bloomed side by side.
And still did I search but its prize still eluded,
Till weary of wandering, sad and deluded,
I would fain have abandoned the quest in the end --
But the treasure appeared in the love of a friend.