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So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!
John Godfrey Saxe
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John Godfrey Saxe
Age: 70 †
Born: 1816
Born: June 2
Died: 1887
Died: March 31
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When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, To whom it may concern! And so it is the poet comes And revels in her bowers, And, though another hold the land, Is owner of the flowers.
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Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body both are morally fatal if indulged.
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All things of beauty are not theirs alone who hold the fee but unto him no less who can enjoy, than unto them who own, are sweetest uses given to posses.
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Alas! poor human nature, pity, if hard pressed, degenerates into contempt.
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At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink, But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.
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It is wise to learn it is God-like to create.
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I love vast libraries yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,-- Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed, Knows the high art of what and how to read.
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Say, what is life? 'Tis to be born, A helpless Babe, to greet the light With a sharp wail, as if the morn Foretold a cloudy noon and night To weep, to sleep, and weep again, With sunny smiles between and then?
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Tis well to borrow from the good and the great 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!
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I like the lad who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant worm by early songster caught, Cried, Served him right! it's not at all surprising The worm was punished, sir, for early rising!
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Long pains are light ones, Cruel ones are brief!
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I'm growing fonder of my staff I'm growing dimmer in the eyes I'm growing fainter in my laugh I'm growing deeper in my sighs I'm growing careless of my dress I'm growing frugal of my gold I'm growing wise I'm growing yes, I'm growing old!
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Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get.
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But blast the man, with curses loud and deep, Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station, Who first invented, and went round advising, That artificial cut-off, Early Rising!
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Order is the primary regulation of the celestial regions.
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