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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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How small a part of time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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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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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Edmund Waller
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Born:
March 3, 1606
Died:
October 21, 1687
(aged 81)
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