Ah, Moon of my Delight who know'st no wane, The Moon of Heav'n is rising once again How oft hereafter rising shall she look Through this same Garden after me - in vain.
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The King in a carriage may ride, And the beggar may crawl at his side But in the general race, They are traveling all the same pace.Edward Fitzgerald
Strange, is it not? That of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the Road Which to discover we must travel too.
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And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell.
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Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum.
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Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough; Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
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