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s for a shilling.
The end of the Project Gutenberg Etext of Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham
Moon and Sixpence
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THE SKETCH BOOK
THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE
A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
by Washington Irving
I know that all beneath the moon decays
And what by mortals in this world is brought
In time's great period shall return to nought.
I know that all the muse's heavenly lays
With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought
As idle soundsof few or none are sought
That there is nothing lighter than mere praise.
DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN.
THERE are certain half-dreaming moods of mindin which we naturally
steal away from noise and glareand seek some quiet hauntwhere we
may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed. In
such a mood I was loitering about the old gray cloisters of
Westminster Abbeyenjoying that luxury of wandering thought which one
is apt to dignify with the name of reflection; when suddenly an
interruption of madcap boys from Westminster schoolplaying at
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