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Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled read more
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
