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George Meredith: Not till the...

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Not till the fire is dying in the grate,
Look we for any kinship with the stars.
Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold,
And the great price we paid for it full worth:
We have it only when we are half earth.
Little avails that coinage to the old!

Source: Modern Love, sonnet 4, 1862.
-- George Meredith, (Feb 12 1828-1909), English novelist, poet; His novels are noted for their wit, brilliant dialogue, and aphoristic quality of language; The Ordeal of Richard Fevrel, 1859.


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