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Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
 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. 
 When we our betters see bearing our woes,
 We scarcely think our miseries our foes.  
 When we our betters see bearing our woes,
 We scarcely think our miseries our foes. 
 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered 
together.  
 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered 
together. 
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
 Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become 
powerful.  
 Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become 
powerful. 
 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. 
 Love all, trust a few,
 Do wrong to none.  
 Love all, trust a few,
 Do wrong to none.