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The Stand
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Jonson, who sung this of him, ere he went,
Himself to rest,
Or taste a part of that full joy he meant
To have expressed,
In this bright Asterism!
Where it were friendship's schism,
Were not his Lucius long with us to tarry,
To separate these twi-
Lights, the Dioscouri;
And keep the one half from his Harry,
But fate doth so alternate the design
Whilst that in heaven, this light on earth must shine.
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Jonson, Ben. “The Stand.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/18/.
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Jonson, Ben. “The Stand.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/18/.
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