Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.Edmund Waller
Though with judgment we on things reflect, Our will determines, not our intellect.
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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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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.
Edmund Waller
Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.
Edmund Waller
Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.
Edmund Waller
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