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

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

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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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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
Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.

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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.

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Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.

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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.

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I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
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Discuss Word
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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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 do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.

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I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
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Choose Rid Words
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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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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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.

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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
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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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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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This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they’re in trouble And I am not.

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This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they’re in trouble And I am not.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.

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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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Earth Heaven High Strong
And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.

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And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
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Doubt Ear
Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.

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Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.
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Die Hope Irony Lesson Life Lying Memory Shame War Wish
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.

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The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
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Conservatism
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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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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