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A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; read more
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
