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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.

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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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Earth Enemy Heart
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Born Ourselves Preference Time
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Easy One Liner Suspect
Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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Greatness Moments Noble Place Yourself
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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Bitterness Endurance Mortal Present
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
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Effort Enough Longing
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Body Desire Earth Myself Stars
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Himself Light Love
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine

For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.

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