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• And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
• The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we…
• Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
• In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
• The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
• If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder…
• I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
• Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower…
• Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
• Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them home. Home…
• Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton…
• They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man's.

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