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His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.
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The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!
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The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse,
And every conqueror creates a muse.
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A narrow compass! and yet there
Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair;
Give me but what this riband bound,
Take all the rest the sun goes round.
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Go, lovely rose!
Tell her that wastes her time and me
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be.
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The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made; Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
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That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which on the shaft that made him die
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
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The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace;
And makes all ills that vex us here to cease.
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While we converse with her, we mark
No want of day, nor think it dark.
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Others may use the ocean as their road,
Only the English make it their abode.
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In such green palaces the first kings reign'd,
Slept in their shades, and angels entertain'd;
With such old counsellors they did advise,
And by frequenting sacred groves grew wise.
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And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.
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My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,
Did all within this circle move!
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In other things the knowing artist may Judge better than the people; but a play, (Made for delight, and for no other use) If you approve it not, has no excuse.
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Rome, though her eagle through the world had flown,
Could never make this island all her own.
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For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice.
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All things but one you can restore; the heart you get returns no more.
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Seeming devotion does but gild a knave,
That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave;
But where religion does with virtue join,
It makes a hero like an angel shine.
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There is a garden in her face
Where roses and white lilies blow;
A heavenly paradise is that place,
Wherein all pleasant fruits do flow:
There cherries grow which none may buy
Till 'Cherry-ripe' themselves do cry.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got,
Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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So was the huntsman by the bear oppressed,
Whose hide he sold—before he caught the beast!
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Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy.
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The rising sun complies with our weak sight, First gilds the clouds, then shows his globe of light At such a distance from our eyes, as though He knew what harm his hasty beams would do.
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The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends.
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Edmund Waller
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Born:
March 3, 1606
Died:
October 21, 1687
(aged 81)
Bio:
Edmund Waller was an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1679. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge.
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