Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.
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O sacred solitude divine retreat Choice of the prudent envy of the great By thy pure stream, or in thy waving shade, We court fair wisdom, that celestial maid.Edward Young
You are so witty, profligate, and thin, At once we think thee Milton, Death, and Sin.
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What tender force, what dignity divine, what virtue consecrating every feature around that neck what dross are gold and pearl.
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He mourns the dead who lives as they desire.
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Great let me call him, for he conquered me.
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