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"The yielding marble of her snowy breast."
Edmund Waller / On a Lady passing through a Crowd of People.
On a Lady passing through a Crowd of People.
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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 / To a Lady singing a Song of his Composing.
To a Lady singing a Song of his Composing.
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"A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round."
Edmund Waller / On a Girdle.
On a Girdle.
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"For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love."
Edmund Waller / While I listen to thy Voice.
While I listen to thy Voice.
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"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."
Edmund Waller / Of English Verse.
Of English Verse.
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"Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke."
Edmund Waller / Upon the Death of the Lord Protector.
Upon the Death of the Lord Protector.
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"Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be."
Edmund Waller / Go, Lovely Rose.
Go, Lovely Rose.
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"How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!"
Edmund Waller / Go, Lovely Rose.
Go, Lovely Rose.
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"Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse."
Edmund Waller / Panegyric on Cromwell.
Panegyric on Cromwell.
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"In such green palaces the first kings reign'd, Slept in their shades, and angels entertain'd; With such old counsellors they did advise, And by frequenting sacred groves grew wise."
Edmund Waller / On St. James's Park.
On St. James's Park.
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"And keeps the palace of the soul."
Edmund Waller / Of Tea.
Of Tea.
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"Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot."
Edmund Waller / Upon Roscommon's Translation of Horace, De Arte Poetica.
Upon Roscommon's Translation of Horace, De Arte Poetica.
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"Could we forbear dispute and practise love, We should agree as angels do above."
Edmund Waller / Divine Love. Canto iii.
Divine Love. Canto iii.
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"The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new."
Edmund Waller / On the Divine Poems.
On the Divine Poems.
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