Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
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MERCHANT.
O, pray let's see't: for the Lord Timon, sir? JEWELLER. If he will touch the estimate: but for that-- POET. When we for recompense have prais'd the vile, It stains the glory in that happy verse Which aptly sings the good. MERCHANT. [Looking at the jewel.] 'Tis a good form. JEWELLER. And rich: here is a water, look ye. PAINTER. You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. POET. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd: the fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and like the current flies Each bound it chafes. What have you there? |
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