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... thou come , Seeing thou must so soon go forth again ? 18. ( 30. ) To - day is thine to spend , but not to - morrow , Counting on morrows breedeth naught but sorrow ; Oh ! squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee , Nor make ...
... thou come , Seeing thou must so soon go forth again ? 18. ( 30. ) To - day is thine to spend , but not to - morrow , Counting on morrows breedeth naught but sorrow ; Oh ! squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee , Nor make ...
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... Thou wilt have sleep enough within thy tomb ! " 30. ( 52. ) If the heart knew life's secrets here below , At death ' twould know God's secrets too , I trow ; But , if you know naught here , while still yourself , To - morrow , stripped ...
... Thou wilt have sleep enough within thy tomb ! " 30. ( 52. ) If the heart knew life's secrets here below , At death ' twould know God's secrets too , I trow ; But , if you know naught here , while still yourself , To - morrow , stripped ...
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... Thou doomed these guiltless ones to die ? " 32. ( 54. ) To knaves Thy secret we must not confide , To comprehend it is to fools denied , See then to what hard case Thou doomest men , Our hopes from one and all perforce we hide . 33 ...
... Thou doomed these guiltless ones to die ? " 32. ( 54. ) To knaves Thy secret we must not confide , To comprehend it is to fools denied , See then to what hard case Thou doomest men , Our hopes from one and all perforce we hide . 33 ...
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... thou form me so ? Like sceptic monk or ugly courtesan , No hopes have I above , no joys below . 1 36. ( 62. ) Yon turf , fringing the margent of the stream , As down upon a cherub's lip might seem , Or growth from dust of buried tulip ...
... thou form me so ? Like sceptic monk or ugly courtesan , No hopes have I above , no joys below . 1 36. ( 62. ) Yon turf , fringing the margent of the stream , As down upon a cherub's lip might seem , Or growth from dust of buried tulip ...
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... Thou'rt slow to wrath , and prone to clemency . 89. ( 170. ) Hands , such as mine , that handle bowls of wine , " Twere shame to book and pulpit to confine ; Zealot ! thou'rt dry , and I am moist with drink , Yea , far too moist to ...
... Thou'rt slow to wrath , and prone to clemency . 89. ( 170. ) Hands , such as mine , that handle bowls of wine , " Twere shame to book and pulpit to confine ; Zealot ! thou'rt dry , and I am moist with drink , Yea , far too moist to ...
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