Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
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A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.Edmund Waller
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
Edmund Waller
Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
Edmund Waller
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
Edmund Waller
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
Edmund Waller
Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy.
Edmund Waller
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