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For style beyond the genius never dares.

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My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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Age Chill Draw Feeling Flower Green Myself
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Enemy Greatness Himself Man
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Overcome Ruthless Strive
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Agreement Burden Light Pen Poet
Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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Absence Beginning Breathe Myself Soul
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Greatness Togetherness
And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not.
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Height Man Mountain Revolution Stars Wonder
Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Grief Hope Incredible Slave
It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Better Goodness Known Willing

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