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George Eliot

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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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Romola (1863), Book III, Chapter XVII

 
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But who is this who rides in silver white
Attire that shames the stars across the night?
Helmet and shield and corselet all a-gleam,
Like some crusader from a drifting dream
Upon a prancing jackass shod with flame—
Rise, heralds of the past, bray forth his name

 
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For God hates utterly
The bray of bragging tongues.

 
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Every room
Hath blaz'd with lights, and bray'd with minstrelsy.

 
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