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160
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
165
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
170
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
accepted
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
accounted
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
all
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
altogether
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
arm
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
ask
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From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
askest
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
attain
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "For" (writest thou) "Thou leavest much behind, while I leave naught.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
brain
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
closeth
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
CompletenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
crown
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
death
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
declare
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
Dies
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
end
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
face
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
fear
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
followest
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From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For" (writest thou) "Thou leavest much behind, while I leave naught.
fortunate
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
hand
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
hearts
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
how
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
indeed
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
Inquiring
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
joy
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
kinds
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
king
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
leave
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From this reading "For" (writest thou) "Thou leavest much behind, while I leave naught.
leavest
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From this reading "For" (writest thou) "Thou leavest much behind, while I leave naught.
less
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
lost
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
men
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
men's
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
much
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From this reading "For" (writest thou) "Thou leavest much behind, while I leave naught.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
naught
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From this reading "For" (writest thou) "Thou leavest much behind, while I leave naught.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
now
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
O
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
pictures
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
poems
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
power
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
proper
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
sing
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
soul
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
stays
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
study
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
success
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
survives
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
thenceadverbUS /ðens/
from that place or that time
From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
thus
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
thyself
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
up
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From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
varicolored
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
very
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And next, of what thou followest on to ask.
WhetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Inquiring thence how, now life closeth up, 165 I face death with success in my right hand: Whether I fear death less than dost thyself The fortunate of men?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading "For" (writest thou) "Thou leavest much behind, while I leave naught.
whole
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From this reading Thy life stays in the poems men shall sing, 170 The pictures men shall study; while my life, Complete and whole now in its power and joy, Dies altogether with my brain and arm, Is lost indeed; since, what survives myself?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
works
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From this reading This being with me as I declare, O king, My works, in all these varicolored kinds, 160 So done by me, accepted so by men-- Thou askest, if (my soul thus in men's hearts) I must not be accounted to attain The very crown and proper end of life?
writest
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From this reading "For" (writest thou) "Thou leavest much behind, while I leave naught.
