O self! Self!',

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Oh, to be kept from myself; my . . .
vile,
proud,
lustful,
hypocritical,
worldly,
covetous,
presumptuous,
obscene self. 

O self! Self! 
Your desperate wickedness, 
your depravity, 
your love of sin, 
your abominable pollutions,
your monstrous heart wickedness,
your wretched deadness, hardness,
blindness, and indifference.

You are a treacherous villain,
and, I fear, always will be such!