May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
ABRAHAM COWLEYIt was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.
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Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river’s bank expecting stay
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty’s handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.
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Man is too near all kinds of beasts,–a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.
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All this world’s noise appears to me a dull, ill-acted comedy!
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All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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Does not the passage of Moses and the Israelites into the Holy Land yield incomparably more poetic variety than the voyages of Ulysses or Aeneas?
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The monster London laugh at me.
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Poets by Death are conquer’d but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.
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Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.
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What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds of ceremonies!
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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To th’ active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn’s string a touch more sore and grave.
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Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.
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