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Lord Byron on Man

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β€œThe precious porcelain of human clay.”
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β€œLord of himself;β€”that heritage of woe!”
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β€œMan! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear.”
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β€œSighing that Nature formed but one such man, And broke the dieβ€”in moulding Sheridan.”
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β€œWhere the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?”
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β€œBut we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar.”
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