All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
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In such green palaces the first kings reign'd, Slept in their shades, and angels entertain'd With such old counsellors they did advise, And by frequenting sacred groves grew wise.Edmund Waller
And keeps the palace of the soul.
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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.
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Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
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Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.
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