The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.Edmund Waller
All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
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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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Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
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Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
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