Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
ABRAHAM COWLEYMay I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government
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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
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His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
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Awake, awake, my Lyre!And tell thy silent master’s humble taleIn sounds that may prevail;Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire
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To-day is ours; what do we fear? To-day is ours; we have it here. Let’s treat it kindly, that it may Wish, at least, with us to stay.
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Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning’s gentle wine!
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This a scene of changes, and to be constant in Nature were inconstancy.
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I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that
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Fill all the Glasses there; for why Should every Creature Drink but I? Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
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When Harvey’s violent passion she did see, Began to tremble and to flee; Took sanctuary, like Daphne, in a tree
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There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.
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Coy Nature, (which remain’d, though aged grown, A beauteous virgin still, enjoy’d by none, Nor seen unveil’d by anyone),
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Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
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