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Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
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Take all away from me, but leave me Ecstasy, And I am richer then than all my Fellow Men-.
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'Faith' is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see - But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
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Narcotics cannot still the tooth. That Nibbles at the soul.
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A Murmur in the Trees - to note - Not loud enough - for Wind - A Star - not far enough to seek - Nor near enough - to find
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Banish Air from Air Divide Light if you dare
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Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.
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God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.
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We do not play on Graves— Because there isn't Room— Besides—it isn't even—it slants And People come— And put a Flower on it— And hang their faces so— We're fearing that their Hearts will drop— And crush our pretty play— And so we move as far As Enemies—away— Just looking round to see how far It is—Occasionally—
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You'll find it-when you try to die- The Easier to let go- For recollecting such as went- You could not spare-you know.
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Much madness is divinest sense To a discerning eye; Much sense the starkest madness. ’T is the majority In this, as all, prevails. Assent, and you are sane; Demur,-you ’re straightway dangerous, And handled with a chain.
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I hope your rambles have been sweet, and your reveries spacious.
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To fight aloud is very brave, but gallanter, I know, who charge within the bosom, the Cavalry of Woe.
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How lucious lies the pea within the pod.
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I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense.
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Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
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The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared me. He preached such an awful sermon I didn't think I should ever see you again until the Judgment Day. The subject of perdition seemed to please him somehow.
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I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity Nor had I time to love: but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
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Why should we censure Othello when the Criterion Lover says, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me"?
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New feet within my garden go, New fingers stir the sod; A troubadour upon the elm Betrays the solitude.New children play upon the green, New weary sleep below; And still the pensive spring returns, And still the punctual snow!
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I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don't doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.
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A Dominie in Gray-- Put gently up the evening Bars-- And led the flock away
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Who has not found the heaven below Will fail of it above. God’s residence is next to mine, His furniture is love.
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It might be easier To fail with land in sight, Than gain my blue peninsula To perish of delight.
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