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A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
