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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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How small a part of time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fair!


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Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze; but time and thunder pay respect to bays.

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Born: March 3, 1606
Died: October 21, 1687 (aged 81)
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