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And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.

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Zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait.

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Rather than be less Car'd not to be at all.

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Hell has no benefits, only torture.

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With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.

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Freely we serve, because freely we love.

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Live while ye may, Yet happy pair.

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Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse

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Reason is also choice.

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The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.

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Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.

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We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in.

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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.

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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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Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what need he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore.

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Ah, why should all mankind For one man's fault, be condemned, If guiltless?

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His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd.

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Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.

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So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair that ever since in love's embraces met -- Adam, the goodliest man of men since born his sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve.

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For evil news rides post, while good news baits.

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