L saw a fly within a bead Of amber cleanly buried.
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Her pretty feet Like snails did creep A little out, and then, As if they started at bo-peep, Did soon draw in again.Robert Herrick
It is the will that makes the action good or ill.
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In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is.
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Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, old time is still a-flying And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying.
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As Love shall help me, I admire
How thou canst sit and smile
To see me bleed, and not desire
To staunch the blood the while.
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Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt. Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.
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