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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.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
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.]
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
