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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
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.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
