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As if Misfortune made the throne her seat,
And none could be unhappy but the great.


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Is this that haughty gallant, gay Lothario?

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Death is the privilege of human nature,
And life without it were not worth our taking.


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When every eye was closed, and the pale moon
And stars alone, shone conscious of the theft.


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Your bounty is beyond my speaking;
But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.


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At length the morn and cold indifference came.

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Is she not more than painting can express,
Or youthful poets fancy when they love?


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Thou hast prevaricated with thy friend,
By underhand contrivances undone me:
And while my open nature trusted in thee,
Thou hast slept in between me and my hopes,
And ravish'd from me all my soul held dear.
Thou hast betray'd me.


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Like Helen, in the night when Troy was sacked,
Spectatress of the mischief which she made.


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And one false step entirely damns her fame.
In vain with tears the loss she may deplore,
In vain look back on what she was before;
She sets like stars that fall, to rise no more.


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Nicholas Rowe

Nicholas Rowe

Born: June 20, 1674
Died: December 6, 1718 (aged 44)
Bio: Nicholas Rowe, English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer, was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 1715.
Known for:
  1. Young Sherlock Holmes
  2. Mr. Holmes
  3. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  4. Seed of Chucky
  5. The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells

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