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Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.

Edmund Spenser

What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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Creature Enjoyment Fall Liberty
In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
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Burn Cruelty Death Hate Heart Oneself Revenge Treason
Through knowledge we behold the world’s creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature’s cunning operation, How things she formed of a formless mass.
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Creation Form Herself Judgement Knowledge Nature Operation World
But angels come to lead frail minds to rest in chaste desires, on heavenly beauty bound. You frame my thoughts, and fashion me within; you stop my tongue, and teach my heart to speak.
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Angel Desire Fashion Heart Leadership Stop Talk Teaching
The man whom nature’s self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.
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Herself Imitation Man Nature Truth
The noblest mind the best contentment has.
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Best Contentment Mindset Noble One Liner
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Advice Lost Philosophy
All flesh doth frailty breed!
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Body Flesh Fragile
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Freedom Gold
From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.
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Bad Fall Goodness Himself Return Worst
All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love Sweet Voice
Her angel’s face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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Angel Eyes Face Greatness Place Sunshine
No dainty flower or herbs that grows on ground, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweet, but there it might be found To bud out fair, and throw her sweet smells all around.
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Flower Growth Herself Sweet
And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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Fall Stars Strike Touch
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain
This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.
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Heart Mindset Misery World

Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.

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