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A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.

Thomas Moore

And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o’er silent seas again.
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Ourselves Pain Sea Silence
Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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Day Light Memories Myself
No, there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.
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Dreams Life Young
The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
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Close Forget Heart Love True
A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.
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Pretty Retirement Wife
Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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Bondage Ourselves Rule Woman
My only books were woman’s looks, and folly’s all they’ve taught me.
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Book Myself Teaching Woman
Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
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Angel Devil Print Writing
All that’s bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that’s sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
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Bright Lost Sweet
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch’d by the thorns.
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Awake Heart Thorn Touch
While mantling on the maiden’s cheek Young roses kindled into thought.
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Rose Thinking Young
Ask a woman’s advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you’re sure to be wise.
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Advice Herself Woman
Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
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Heaven Humility Shoot Virtue
Oh! blame not the bard.
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Blame One Liner
Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
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Heaven Sea Tranquility
A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
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Friendship Love Steady Warm

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