Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.
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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.
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Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
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His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.
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Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
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The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!
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