I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that
ABRAHAM COWLEYVain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
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Curs’d be that wretch (Death’s factor sure) who brought Dire swords into the peaceful world, and taught Smiths (who before could only make.
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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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Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s.
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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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Let’s banish business, banish sorrow; To the gods belong to-morrow.
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The present is an eternal now.
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All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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Life for delays and doubts no time does give, None ever yet made haste enough to live.
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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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Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
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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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Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company.
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What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own?
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Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.
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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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