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Nature hath no goal though she hath law.

John Donne

How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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Change Deep Myself
Thy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.
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Eyes Face Myself
God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
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God Justice Pieces Sick Translation War
If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.
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Dreams Fantasy God Joy Myself Relationship
Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
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Confusion Poor Soul
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
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Continent Man Piece
Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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Death Deep Equality Philosophy Spiritual Wisdom
In heaven it is always autumn.
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Autumn Heaven Season
Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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Bell God
Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
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Despair Heaven Hell Joy
As God loves a cheerful giver, so he also loves a cheerful taker. Who takes hold of his gifts with a glad heart.
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Gift God Happiness Heart Love
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
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Love Season Time
So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
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Affect Angel Flame Voice
To know and feel all this and not have the words to express it makes a human a grave of his own thoughts.
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Expression Feeling Grave Human Thinking Word
The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
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Gift Heaven Material Poor Rich
Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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Death Diminish Freedom Kind Man

Nature hath no goal though she hath law.

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