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... things long sought , age is a thing Which we are fifty years in compassing ; If transitory things , which soon decay , Age must be loveliest at the latest day . But name not winter faces , whose skin's slack , Lank as an unthrift's ...
... things long sought , age is a thing Which we are fifty years in compassing ; If transitory things , which soon decay , Age must be loveliest at the latest day . But name not winter faces , whose skin's slack , Lank as an unthrift's ...
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... things that secret are within them see . Thought ! Surely thoughts are true ; They please as much as things can do ; Nay , things are dead , And in themselves are severëd From souls ; nor can they fill the head Without our thoughts ...
... things that secret are within them see . Thought ! Surely thoughts are true ; They please as much as things can do ; Nay , things are dead , And in themselves are severëd From souls ; nor can they fill the head Without our thoughts ...
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... things as shades esteem . False ones are a foolish flourish , Such as mortals chiefly nourish ; When I them to things compare , Compared to things , they trifles are ; Bad thoughts do hurt , deceive , ensnare ; A good man's thoughts are ...
... things as shades esteem . False ones are a foolish flourish , Such as mortals chiefly nourish ; When I them to things compare , Compared to things , they trifles are ; Bad thoughts do hurt , deceive , ensnare ; A good man's thoughts are ...
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