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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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The stings,
The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings
Of this great hive, the city.
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To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's.
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Well then; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they (methinks) deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz and murmurings, Of this great hive, the city.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
1618
Died:
July 28, 1667
(aged 49)
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