Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
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A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.Edmund Waller
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.
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Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy.
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Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
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In other things the knowing artist may, Judge better than the people but a play, (Made for delight, and for no other use), If you approve it not, has no excuse.
Edmund Waller
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
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