I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
A. E. HOUSMANNow hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go.
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White in the moon the long road lies.
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Who made the world I cannot tell; ‘Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.
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His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
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But if you ever come to a road where danger; Or guilt or anguish or shame’s to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you; And whistle and I’ll be there.
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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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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine.
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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
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That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.
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Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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