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... thou , oh Man , that of them all Art lord , and eke of Nature sovereign , Wilfully make thyself a wretched thrall , And waste thy joyous hours in needless pain , Seeking for danger and adventure vain ? What boots it all to have and ...
... thou , oh Man , that of them all Art lord , and eke of Nature sovereign , Wilfully make thyself a wretched thrall , And waste thy joyous hours in needless pain , Seeking for danger and adventure vain ? What boots it all to have and ...
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... thou behold'st , But in his motion like an angel sings , Still quiring to the young - eyed cherubims ; Such harmony is in immortal souls ; But , whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in , we cannot hear it . Enter ...
... thou behold'st , But in his motion like an angel sings , Still quiring to the young - eyed cherubims ; Such harmony is in immortal souls ; But , whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in , we cannot hear it . Enter ...
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... thou grew'st thyself . Oh , melancholy ! Bel . Who ever yet could sound thy bottom ? find The ooze , to show what coast thy sluggish crare Might easiliest harbour in ? Thou blessed thing ! Jove knows what man thou might'st have made ...
... thou grew'st thyself . Oh , melancholy ! Bel . Who ever yet could sound thy bottom ? find The ooze , to show what coast thy sluggish crare Might easiliest harbour in ? Thou blessed thing ! Jove knows what man thou might'st have made ...
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... thou character . Give thy thoughts no tongue Nor any unproportion'd thought his act . Be thou familiar , but by no means vulgar . The friends thou hast , and their adoption tried , Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel ; But do ...
... thou character . Give thy thoughts no tongue Nor any unproportion'd thought his act . Be thou familiar , but by no means vulgar . The friends thou hast , and their adoption tried , Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel ; But do ...
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... thou born , Desire ? In pride and pomp of May . By whom , sweet boy , wert thou begot ? By fond conceit , men say . Tell me who was thy nurse ? Fresh youth , in su- gar'd joy . What was thy meat and daily food ? Sad sighs with great ...
... thou born , Desire ? In pride and pomp of May . By whom , sweet boy , wert thou begot ? By fond conceit , men say . Tell me who was thy nurse ? Fresh youth , in su- gar'd joy . What was thy meat and daily food ? Sad sighs with great ...
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