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Oh, ’tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.

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The rainy Pleiads wester Orion plunges prone, And midnight strikes and hastens, And I lie down alone.
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Alone Hatton Lying Midnight Orion Prone Rain Strike Wester
Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.
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Ability Himself Nature Thinking Writing
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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Fame Fleeting Lover Luck Thoughts Trouble
Poetry is not the thing said, but the way of saying it.
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Poetry Words Writing
And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
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Ears Earth Silence Worst
Oh, ’tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.
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Dance Drink World
Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under.
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Faith Grass Leave Myself Stone Wonder
Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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Earth Heaven High Strong
Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
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Book Interesting Man Men
I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.
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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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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
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Animal Definition Myself Poetry
The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.
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Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
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Draw Happiness Meaning Perfection Poetry Understand
The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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Break Dance Leaving Print
Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine.
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Believe Greatness Hope Loyal Lying Soul Today Worship Yesterday

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