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• That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

  Edmund Waller

  Fate, Eagles, Made

  Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works of Edmund Waller”, p.143

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• How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!

  Edmund Waller

  Love, Sweet, Time

  Edmund Waller, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller: Collated with the Best Editions”

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• Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails.

  Edmund Waller

  Envy, Long, Together

  1645 'Of English Verse'.

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• Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.

  Edmund Waller

  Sweet, Time, Rose

  "Go, Lovely Rose!" l. 1 (1645)

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• Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

  Edmund Waller

  Hands, Giving, Enough

  Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.253

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• Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy.

  Edmund Waller

  Humble, Arrows, Levels

  Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1772). “The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. (Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems.) L.P.”, p.53

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• What use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest?

  Edmund Waller

  Men, Promise, Tests

  Edmund Waller, John Denham (sir.) (1857). “The poetical works of Edmund Waller and sir John Denham, with mem. and critical dissertation by G. Gilfillan”, p.181

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• My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,
  Did all within this circle move!

  Edmund Waller

  Grief, Moving, Circles

  Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1772). “The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. (Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems.) L.P.”, p.54

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