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He lives who dies to win a lasting name.
He lives who dies to win a lasting name.
 "Whose name was writ in water!" What large laughter
 Among the immortals when that word was brought!
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 "Whose name was writ in water!" What large laughter
 Among the immortals when that word was brought!
  Then when his fiery spirit rose flaming after,
   High toward the topmost heaven of heavens up-caught!
    "All hail! our younger brother!" Shakespeare said,
     And Dante nodded his imperial head. 
 Ah! replied my gentle fair,
 Beloved, what are names but air?
  Choose thou, whatever suits the line:
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 Ah! replied my gentle fair,
 Beloved, what are names but air?
  Choose thou, whatever suits the line:
   Call me Sappho, call me Chloris,
    Call me Lalage, or Doris,
     Only, only, call me thine. 
 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My 
name is Legion: for we are read more 
 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My 
name is Legion: for we are many. 
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what read more
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
Above any Greek or Roman name.
Above any Greek or Roman name.
 I cannot say the crow is white,
 But needs must call a spade a spade.  
 I cannot say the crow is white,
 But needs must call a spade a spade. 
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.