"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

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"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

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"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

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"The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!"

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

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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."

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

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"Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot."

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"To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!"

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"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."

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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."

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"Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."

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