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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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
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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.
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