The worst and best are both inclined To snap like vixens at the truth But, O, beware the middle mind That purrs and never shows a tooth.
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Enshrine her and she dies, who had The hard heart of a child.Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie
My soul, be not disturbed By planetary war Remain securely orbed In this contracted star.
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Avoid the reeking herd, Shun the polluted flock, Live like that stoic bird The eagle of the rock.
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Honeyed words like bees Gilded and sticky, with a little sting.
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Say not of Beauty she is good, Or aught but beautiful.
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If you would keep your soul From spotted sight or sound, Live like the velvet mole Go burrow underground. And there hold intercourse With roots of trees and stones, With rivers at their source, And disembodied bones.
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