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From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.

Thomas Moore

Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
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Heaven Sea Tranquility
A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.
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Pretty Retirement Wife
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
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Humiliate Slave
Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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Day Light Memories Myself
All that’s bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that’s sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
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Bright Lost Sweet
While mantling on the maiden’s cheek Young roses kindled into thought.
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Rose Thinking Young
Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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Bondage Ourselves Rule Woman
This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.
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Brain Drive Heaven Myself Reason
Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
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Angel Devil Print Writing
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
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Discover Emotion Flame Illusion Leadership Love Marriage Ourselves Truth
It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
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Happiness Luxury Tears
What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Friendship Love Rose Wine Youth
And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o’er silent seas again.
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Ourselves Pain Sea Silence
No, there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.
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Dreams Life Young
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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Friendship Love Relationship
The light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing.
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Heart Light Lying Woman

From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.

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From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.

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