Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
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For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice.Edmund Waller
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve 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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So all we know of what they do above, Is that they happy are, and that they love.
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