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“Was there nought better than to enjoy? No feat which, done, would make time break, And let us pent-up creatures through Into eternity, our due? No forcing earth teach heaven's employ?”
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- quote
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- 2026-07-04
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- 28769fae897d04961b79fcd9859a71ca7bb5fc717b53c59b4d5406c4c7e7ba4a
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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