The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
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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
Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy.
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Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
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So all we know of what they do above, Is that they happy are, and that they love.
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To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!
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So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
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