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

Quote by Edmund Waller

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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...

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.

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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!

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...

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.