Therefore I wrote it, not that men should buy
Therefore I wrote it, not that men should buy —
— I care not, I, to sell my soul for bread.
— The craving senses must themselves be dead
Before the soul in such extremes could die.
Therefore I wrote it, not that men should cry,
— " This is well thought of! " " This is bravely said! "
— For flattery's poison is a thing to dread
More than the steel-tipped shafts of enmity.
— I care not, I, to sell my soul for bread.
— The craving senses must themselves be dead
Before the soul in such extremes could die.
Therefore I wrote it, not that men should cry,
— " This is well thought of! " " This is bravely said! "
— For flattery's poison is a thing to dread
More than the steel-tipped shafts of enmity.
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