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Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

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As soon as there was two there was pride.

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Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

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When my mouth shall be filled with dust, and the worm shall feed, and feed sweetly upon me, when the ambitious man shall have no satisfaction if the poorest alive tread upon him, nor the poorest receive any contentment in being made equal to princes, for they shall be equal but in dust.

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One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

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Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

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Nature hath no goal though she hath law.

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Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.

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The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.

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Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.

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That soul that can reflect upon itself, consider itself, is more than so.

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Who ever comes to shroud me, do not harm Nor question much That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm; The mystery, the sign you must not touch, For 'tis my outward soul, Viceroy to that, which then to heaven being gone, Will leave this to control, And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.

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So, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, Which sucks two souls, and vapors both away.

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Friends are ourselves.

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And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She.

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Oft from new truths, and new phrase, new doubts grow, As strange attire aliens the men we know.

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Oh do not die, for I shall hate All women so, when thou art gone.

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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

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Of all the commentaries on the Scriptures, good examples are the best.

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True and false fears let us refrain, Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we attain To write threescore ; this is the second of our reign.

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