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Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Weep
Bread
Gold
Groan
Misers

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Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.
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Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.
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An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave legions of angels can't confine me there.
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Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon.
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