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... Venus ' livery ? only serve her turn ? Why are not sonnets made of thee ? and lays Upon thine altar burnt ? Cannot thy love Heighten a spirit to sound out thy praise As well as any she ? Cannot thy Dove Outstrip REV . GEORGE HERBERT . 21.
... Venus ' livery ? only serve her turn ? Why are not sonnets made of thee ? and lays Upon thine altar burnt ? Cannot thy love Heighten a spirit to sound out thy praise As well as any she ? Cannot thy Dove Outstrip REV . GEORGE HERBERT . 21.
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... Thine own gifts good , yet me from my ways taking . Now I am here , what thou wilt do with me None of my books will show . I read , and sigh , and wish I were a tree , For then sure I should grow To fruit or shade ; at least some bird ...
... Thine own gifts good , yet me from my ways taking . Now I am here , what thou wilt do with me None of my books will show . I read , and sigh , and wish I were a tree , For then sure I should grow To fruit or shade ; at least some bird ...
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... thine . Some great estates provide , but do not breed A mastering mind ; so both are lost thereby . Or else they breed them tender ; make them need All that they leave : this is flat poverty . For he that needs five thousand pounds to ...
... thine . Some great estates provide , but do not breed A mastering mind ; so both are lost thereby . Or else they breed them tender ; make them need All that they leave : this is flat poverty . For he that needs five thousand pounds to ...
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... thine honor , and thy friend his due . Never was scraper brave man . Get , to live : Then live , and use it ; else it is not true That thou hast gotten . Surely , use alone Makes money not a contemptible stone . Never exceed thy income ...
... thine honor , and thy friend his due . Never was scraper brave man . Get , to live : Then live , and use it ; else it is not true That thou hast gotten . Surely , use alone Makes money not a contemptible stone . Never exceed thy income ...
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... thine own measure . Who cannot live on twenty pounds a year , Cannot on forty . He's a man of pleasure , A kind of thing that's for itself too dear . The curious unthrift makes his clothes too wide , And spares himself , but would his ...
... thine own measure . Who cannot live on twenty pounds a year , Cannot on forty . He's a man of pleasure , A kind of thing that's for itself too dear . The curious unthrift makes his clothes too wide , And spares himself , but would his ...
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