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I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
