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I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
