Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
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And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.Edmund Waller
That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Edmund Waller
Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.
Edmund Waller
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek.
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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