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

Quote by Edmund Waller

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

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

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

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!

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

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...

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as...

Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as...

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real