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Her angel’s face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.

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She bathed with roses red, And violets blew. And all the sweetest flowers That in the forest grew.
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Beautiful Flower Forest Growth Herself Love Relationship Rose
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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Creature Enjoyment Fall Liberty
The noblest mind the best contentment has.
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Best Contentment Mindset Noble One Liner
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain
Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan’s beams, which then did glister fair.
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Breathe Fair Light Play Soft Spirit Sweet
For whatsoever from one place doth fall, Is with the tide unto an other brought: For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Fall Lost Oneself Place
A circle cannot fill a triangle, so neither can the whole world, if it were to be compassed, the heart of man; a man may as easily fill a chest with grace as the heart with gold. The air fills not the body, neither doth money the covetous mind of man.
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Body Easy Gold Heart Man Mindset World
Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? – Epithalamion
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Leaving Love Myself
Those that were up themselves, kept others low; Those that were low themselves, held others hard; He suffered them to ryse or greater grow; But every one did strive his fellow down to throw.
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Greatness Growth Hard Hold Low Oneself Suffering
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
For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
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Easy Man Willing
The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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Advice Bite Hard Ocean
Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate.
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Absence Cry Friendship Herself Loss
And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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Fall Stars Strike Touch
Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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Love Sweet Time
All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously arrayed; Go to my love, where she is careless laid.
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Color Earth Flower Glory Goodness Herself Love Spring

Her angel’s face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.

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