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And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.

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Oh, ’tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.
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Dance Drink World
Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried half way home, or near, pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.
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Beer Belief Cause Home Lost Loyalty Name Popular Way
White in the moon the long road lies.
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To justify God’s ways to man.
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God Justification Man One Liner Way
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
Do not ever read books about versification: no poet ever learnt it that way. If you are going to be a poet, it will come to you naturally and you will pick up all you need from reading poetry.
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And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
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Cheer Doubt Ear Emotion Fear Scare Silence Sound Stop Worse
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
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Average Conservatism Criticism Man
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
Clay lies still, but blood’s a rover; Breath’s aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey’s over then there’ll be time enough to sleep.
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Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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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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Now 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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Fire Friend Hollow Light Shoulder
With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.
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Friendship Heart Maidan
Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
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Knowledge Literature Low Mad Opinion Perception Personal Stupid Thinking

And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.

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