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Let the world slide.
Let the world slide.
This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.
This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.
These earthly godfathers of heaven's light,
That give a name to every fixed star,
Have no more read more
These earthly godfathers of heaven's light,
That give a name to every fixed star,
Have no more profit of their shining nights
Than those that walk and wot not what they are.
The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.
The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without read more
The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything
I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
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I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
To its idolatries a patient knee.
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.
He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.
Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; read more
Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.