The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
A. E. HOUSMAN
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The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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When the journey’s over/There’ll be time enough to sleep.
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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
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Tomorrow, more’s the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I.
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Ten thousand times I’ve done my best and all’s to do again.
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There, like the wind through woods in riot, Through him the gale of life blew high; The tree of man was never quiet: Then ’twas the Roman, now ’tis I.
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They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.
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The thoughts of others were light and fleeting, Of lovers’ meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.
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But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
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You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover’s say, And happy is the lover. ‘Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever.
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When the journey’s over, There’ll be time enough to sleep.
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