Odor of blood when Christ was slain Made all Platonic tolerance vain And vain all Doric discipline.
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Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.William Butler Yeats
To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful.
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Lord, what would they say Did their Catullus walk that way.
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I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day.
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The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life, or of the work, And if it take the second must refuse A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.
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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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