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Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And read more
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
