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

~Edmund Waller

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

~Edmund Waller

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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.

~Edmund Waller

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All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

~Edmund Waller

Topics: Dearest Hang Human Slender Strings Things Value

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

~Edmund Waller

Topics: Fair How Part Share Small Sweet Time Wondrous

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

~Edmund Waller

Topics: Blot Could Got Half Known Lose Poets Praise Should

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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

Topics: Appear Bright Clear Does Fair Guest Invade Made Make More Pale Part Sickness Soul Still Your

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

~Edmund Waller

Topics: Believe Below Essay Heaven Hope Know Love Love Is Taste Tis To Love

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

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

~Edmund Waller

Topics: Both Both Worlds Leaving New Old Once Stand Threshold View Worlds

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: March 3rd, 1606

Died: October 21st, 1687

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