Edmund Waller

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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Give us enough but with a sparing hand. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair! ↗

— Edmund Waller

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