Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.
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Truth that peeps Over the edge when dinner's done, And body gets its sop and holds its noise And leaves soul free a little.
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Then welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go Be our joys three-parts pain Strive, and hold cheap the strain Learn, nor account the pang dare, never grudge the throe.
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Are there not, dear Michael, Two points in the adventure of the diver, One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge One, when a prince he rises with his pearl Festus, I plunge.
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The best way to excape his ire Is, not to seem too happy.
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