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Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.