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On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder.

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They also serve who only stand and wait.

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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.

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And to thy husband's will Thine shall submit; he over thee shall rule.

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Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.

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But who is this, what thing of sea or land,- Female of sex it seems,- That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger?

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Indu'd With sanctity of reason.

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So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;Evil,be thou my good.

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The starry cope Of heaven.

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Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench Of British Themis, with no mean applause Pronounced and in his volumes taught our Laws, Which others at their Bar so often wrench

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No date prefixed directs me in the starry rubric set.

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This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what change Worth waiting--since our present lot appears For happy though but ill, for ill not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe.

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Th'invention all admir'd, and each, how he to be th'inventor miss'd; so easy it seem'd once found, which yet unfound most would have thought impossible.

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First Moloch, horrid king, besmirched in blood, Of Human sacrifice, and parent's tears, Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their childrens' cries unheard, that passed through fire, To his grim idol.

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Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd.

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Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn.

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As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language can I find That solace?

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Enjoy your dear wit and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzling fence.

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And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?

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So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless, faithful only he.

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