Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry.
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In dream, and does the mightier world of sleep
Spread far around and inaccessibly
Its circles?
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It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.
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While yet a boy I sough for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.
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Art and eloquence,
And all the shows o' the world, are frail and vain
To weep a loss that turns their lights to shade.
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But I sate silent and alone,
Wrapped in the mock of mourning weed.
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