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Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

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Arm the obdured breast with stubborn patience as with triple steel.

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Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging low with sullen roar.

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Subdue By force, who reason for their law refuse, Right reason for their law.

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Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read His wondrous works.

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Immediate are the acts of God, more swift than time or motion.

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If by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of him who all things can, I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries; But prayer against his absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind Blown stifling back on him that breathes it forth: Therefore to his great bidding I submit.

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The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear.

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Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.

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As in an organ from one blast of wind To many a row of pipes the soundboard breathes.

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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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A short retirement urges a sweet return.

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O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook.

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From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,- A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the Zenith like a falling star.

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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

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Herbs, and other country messes, Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses.

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Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers-- If these magnific titles yet remain Not merely titular.

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Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

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One sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, beyond the bliss of dreams.

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O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.

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