If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear.
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Not to say that authors are all such sourpusses, but you meet the author in the best possible way, on the written page. I am at my best there, more patient, more thoughtful.William Collins
O Music sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid
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How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!
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The sunlight flashes off your windshield,and when I look up into the small, posted mirror,I watch you diminish--my echo, my twin--and vanish around a curve in this whipof a road we can't help traveling together.
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When words are put together in fresh ways there is a pleasure-giving quality in language, which brings a release of endorphins.
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I would rather see words out on their own, awayfrom their families and the warehouse of Rogetwandering the world where they sometimes fallin love with a completely different word.
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