<h2><SPAN name="ENVY" id="ENVY"></SPAN>Envy</h2>
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<span class="i0"><span class="letra">W</span>HEN Satan sends—to vex the mind of man<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And urge him on to meanness and to wrong—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">His satellites, there is not one that can<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Acquit itself like Envy. Not so strong<br/></span>
<span class="i0">As lust, so quick as fear, so big as hate—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">A pigmy thing, the twin of sordid greed—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Its work, all noble things to under-rate,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Decry fair face, fair form, fair thought, fair deed,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A sneer it has for what is highest, best,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">For love’s soft voice, and virtue’s robe of white;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Truth is not true, and pity is not kind,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">A great task done is but a pastime light.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Tormented, and tormenting is the mind<br/></span>
<span class="i2">That grants to Envy room to make its nest.<br/></span></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_085" id="page_085"></SPAN>{85}</span></p>
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