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Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell
Draw we here a parallel!
She, like thee, was forced to read more
Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell
Draw we here a parallel!
She, like thee, was forced to bear
All reflections, foul or fair.
Thou art deep and bright within,
Depths as bright belong'd to Gwynne;
Thou art very frail as well,
Frail as flesh is,--so was Nell.
There are fagots and fagots.
[Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]
There are fagots and fagots.
[Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
It's wiser being good than bad;
It's safer being meek than fierce:
It's fitter being sane than read more
It's wiser being good than bad;
It's safer being meek than fierce:
It's fitter being sane than mad.
My own hope is, a sun will pierce
The thickest cloud earth ever stretched;
That, after Last, returns the First,
Though a wide compass round be fetched;
That what began best, can't end worst,
Nor what God blessed once, prove accurst.
Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.
Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace,
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And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace,
The problem still for us and all of human race.
