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From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
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Delicious Light Plant Roam Sun Wake Up
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
Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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Bondage Ourselves Rule Woman
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
Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
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Heaven Sea Tranquility
While mantling on the maiden’s cheek Young roses kindled into thought.
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Rose Thinking Young
Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
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Day Light Memories Myself
Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
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Angel Devil Print Writing
A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
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Friendship Love Steady Warm
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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Friendship Love Relationship
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Blame One Liner
The light, that lies In woman’s eyes, Has been my heart’s undoing.
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Heart Light Lying Woman
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
What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Friendship Love Rose Wine Youth
And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o’er silent seas again.
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Ourselves Pain Sea Silence

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