<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396794" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Modern Love XLI: How Many a Thing</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">How many a thing which we cast to the ground, <br>When others pick it up becomes a gem! <br>We grasp at all the wealth it is to them; <br>And by reflected light its worth is found. <br>Yet for us still 'tis nothing! and that zeal <br>Of false appreciation quickly fades. <br>This truth is little known to human shades, <br>How rare from their own instinct 'tis to feel! <br>They waste the soul with spurious desire, <br>That is not the ripe flame upon the bough. <br>We two have taken up a lifeless vow <br>To rob a living passion: dust for fire! <br>Madam is grave, and eyes the clock that tells <br>Approaching midnight. We have struck despair <br>Into two hearts. O, look we like a pair <br>Who for fresh nuptials joyfully yield all else?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Meredith">George Meredith</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396794" data-title="Modern Love XLI: How Many a Thing de George Meredith" data-description="How many a thing which we cast to the ground, When others pick it up becomes a gem! We grasp at all the wealth it is to them; And by reflected light its worth is found. Yet for us still 'tis nothing! and that zeal Of false appreciation quickl..."></div> </div> </div>

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