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And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
How quickly nature falls into revolt
When gold becomes her object!
For this the foolish overcareful fathers
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How quickly nature falls into revolt
When gold becomes her object!
For this the foolish overcareful fathers
Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care.
Their bones with industry.
For this they have engrossed and piled up
The cankered heaps of strange-achieved gold;
For this they have been thoughtful to invest
Their sons with arts and martial exercises.
A thirst for gold,
The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm
The meanest hearts.
A thirst for gold,
The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm
The meanest hearts.
If you are truthful you will have as much gold as you want.
If you are truthful you will have as much gold as you want.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.
Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.
Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.
Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.
As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time
As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
