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To know the world, not love her, is thy point; She gives but little, nor that little, long.

Edward Young
Love, Long, Giving
'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 8' l. 1276
To know the world, not love her, is thy point; She gives but little, nor that little, long.