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Prepared to meet his fate, whate'er arise,
Let him on victory count, and death despise.
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Small is the gulf that lies 'twixt sleep and death.
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Death is the lot of cities and of States;
Pomp, luxury, 'neath sand and grass do lie,
Yet man, it seems, is wroth that he must die.
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Happy indeed such torture and such death,
Yea more than gain of provinces and gold.
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Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile,
They will, they will not; fools that on them trust;
For in their speech is death, hell in their smile.
[It., Femmina e cosa garrula e fallace:
Vuole e disvuole, e folle uom chi sen fida,
Si tra se volge.]
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
John Betjeman
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Born:
March 11, 1544
Died:
April 25, 1595
(aged 51)
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