The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.
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The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.
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I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill.
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His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
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A moment’s thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process.
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Oh, ’tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.
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The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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And malt does more than Milton can to justify God’s ways to man.
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They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man’s.
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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.
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And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
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Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under.
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Good religious poetry… is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the undevout.
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I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
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