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Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

John Dryden

And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
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Corruption Faith Freedom Need Scripture Sufficient
O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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Delight Freedom Human Kind
He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
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Himself Scene
What precious drops are those, Which silently each other’s track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
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Dew Precious Pursue Track Young
Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
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Lost Mild Rage Sea Wind
Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
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Crime Oblivion
All empire is no more than power in trust.
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Empire Power Trust
He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
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Thinking Unknown Whistle
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature’s eye.
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Eyes Heaven Nature
Imagining is in itself the very height and life of poetry, which, by a kind of enthusiasm or extraordinary emotion of the soul, makes it seem to us that we behold those things which the poet paints.
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Emotion Enthusiasm Height Imagination Paint Poet Soul
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Death Fear Known
Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch.
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Eyes Feeling Ourselves Soul Tender Togetherness Touch
Many things impossible to thought have been by need to full perfection brought.
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Brought Impossible Need Perfection
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
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Cheating Favor Fools Hope Life
None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey’d to see Another’s faults, and his deformity.
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Finding Himself Imperfection Mistake Secret
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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Authority Better General Man Opinion Understand

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

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