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- Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
- Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
- Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.
- What judgment I had increases rather than diminishes; and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty…
- Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past…
- Let those find fault whose wit's so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all; Errors, like straws, upon the surface…
- not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.
- Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below
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