Gone deeper than all plummets sound.
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The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog not though in that stage of development he should puff and blow himself till he bursts with windy adulation at the heels of the laureled ox.
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Who knows but on their sleep may rise Such light as never heaven let through To lighten earth from Paradise.
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Shall I strew on thee rose or rue or laurel, Brother, on this that was the veil of thee Or quiet sea-flower moulded by the sea, Or simplest growth of meadow-sweet or sorrel.
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And in green underwood and cover; Blossom by blossom the spring begins.
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Laurel is green for a season, And love is sweet for a day But love grows bitter with treason, And laurel outlives not May.
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