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THE HOUR-GLASS
161
Fourth Pupil
They know well, Master,
That all I said was but to make them argue.
They've pushed me in to make a mock of me,
Because they knew I could take either side
And beat them at it.
Wise Man
If you believe in God,
You are my soul's one friend.
[Pupils laugh.
Mistress or wife
Can give us but our good or evil luck
Amid the howling world, but you shall give
Eternity, and those sweet-throated things
That drift above the moon.
[The pupils look at one another and are silent.
