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Sad and troubled? How brave her anger shows! How it sets off Her natural beauty! Under what happy star Was Virolet born, to be beloved and sought By two incomparable women? FLETCHER. It was the mo…
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date; But thy eternal …
I choose to comfort myself by considering, that even while I am lamenting my present uneasiness, it is passing away. HORACE WALPOLE. An event occurred at this time, which considerably altered the …
The pure, the open, prosperous love, That pledged on earth, and sealed above, Grows in the world's approving eyes, In friendship's smile and home's caress, Collecting all the heart…
How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness every where! SHAKSPEARE. Eth…
O my reviving joy! thy quickening presence Makes the sad night Sit like a youthful spring upon my blood. I cannot make thy welcome rich enough With all the wealth of words. MIDDLETON. The boy knoc…
Do you not think yourself truly happy? You have the abstract of all sweetness by you, The precious wealth youth labours to arrive at, Nor is she less in honour than in beauty. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.…
I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too! A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, a…
