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'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
