"He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time: The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night."

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"Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend."

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"Ye towers of Julius, London's lasting shame, With many a foul and midnight murder fed."

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"Comus and his midnight crew."

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"From toil he wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night; Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures, peace and health."

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"Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air."

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"And hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast and calm repose."

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"Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best!"

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"Ye distant spires, ye antique towers."

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"Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor."

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"The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastised by sabler tints of woe."

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"We met,--'t was in a crowd."

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"I 'd be a butterfly born in a bower, Where roses and lilies and violets meet."

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"Gayly the troubadour Touched his guitar."

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"Oh no! we never mention her,-- Her name is never heard; My lips are now forbid to speak That once familiar word."

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"Why don't the men propose, Mamma? Why don't the men propose?"

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"The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly-branch shone on the old oak wall."

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"Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago."

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"The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me."

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"Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!"

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"Friends depart, and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep."

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"Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be."

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"She wore a wreath of roses The night that first we met."

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"Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands, And many friends I 've met; Not one fair scene or kindly smile Can this fond heart forget."

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"Oh pilot, 't is a fearful night! There 's danger on the deep."

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"The world 's a theatre, the earth a stage Which God and Nature do with actors fill."

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"Seven cities warred for Homer being dead, Who living had no roofe to shrowd his head."

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"Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen."

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"I hold he loves me best that calls me Tom."

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"No arts, no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

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"For words are wise men's counters,--they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools."

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"Ho! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Grey? And why does thy nose look so blue?"

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"Another tumble! That 's his precious nose!"

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"Seem'd washing his hands with invisible soap In imperceptible water."

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"Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves."

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"How widely its agencies vary,-- To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless,-- As even its minted coins express, Now stamp'd with the image of Good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary."

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"No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief."

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"Even God's providence Seeming estrang'd."

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"For my part, getting up seems not so easy By half as lying."

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"With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread,-- Stitch! Stitch! Stitch!"

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"Oh would I were dead now, Or up in my bed now, To cover my head now, And have a good cry!"

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"But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart."

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"I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky; It was a childish ignorance, But now 't is little joy To know I 'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy."

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"Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!"

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"A man that 's fond precociously of stirring Must be a spoon."

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"We watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro."

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"No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, . . . . . . No road, no street, no t' other side the way, . . . . . . No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no buds."

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"No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I 'm pious when I 'm only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull."

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"There 's not a string attuned to mirth But has its chord in melancholy."

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"My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread."

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