All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

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...

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,...