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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.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that sowes trusts in God.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
The question is yet before the court.
The question is yet before the court.
