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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1

Part 1 — "AH, BE NOT FALSE"

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Ah, be not false, sweet Splendor! Be true, be good; Be wise as thou art tender; Be all that Beauty should.

Not lightly be thy citadel subdued; Not ignobly, not untimely, Take praise in solemn mood; Take love sublimely.

Richard Watson Gilder [1844-1909]

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