For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice.
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The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed,Lets in new light through chinks that time has made.Stronger by weakness, wiser men become,As they draw near to their eternal home.Edmund Waller
Why came I so untimely forth Into a world which, wanting thee, Could entertain us with no worth Or shadow of felicity.
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The yielding marble of her snowy breast.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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