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The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
