A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.

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Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.

Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.

So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of...

To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of...

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

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

The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.

The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.

Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.

Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.

His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as...

His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as...

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

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

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

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

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

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

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

Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows,...

Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows,...

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

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

Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.

Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in...

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in...

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

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

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions...

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions...

And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair...

And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair...