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temptation (n.)

Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution,

She lives whom we call dead.

Henry W Longfellow (1807-1882): Resignation.

  Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.

New Testament: James i. 12.

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet

And master and make crouch beneath his foot,

And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Robert Browning (1812-1890): The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 1185.