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But men at whiles are sober
And think by fits and starts,
And if they think, they fasten
Their hands upon their hearts.

Source: Last Poems, 10
-- A E Housman, (Mar 26 1859-1936), English scholar, poet; His lyrics express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple style.

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