All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

Quote by Edmund Waller

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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.

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

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

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

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.

A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's...

A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!