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Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

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Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

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Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.

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Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

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As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.

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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

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But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

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Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

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He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

Died: March 31st, 1631

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