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Andrew Marvell Quotes
«But 'twas beyond a mortal's share / To wander solitary there: / Two paradises 'twere in one, / To live in paradise alone.»
«Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns»
«The tawny mowers enter next, / Who seem like Israelites to be / Walking on foot through a green sea.»
«Had it lived long, it would have been / Lilies without, roses within.»
«Time's winged chariot hurrying near.»
«How vainly men themselves amaze, / To win the palm, the oak, or bays; / And their incessant labours see / Crowned from some single herb or tree.»
Author: Andrew Marvell
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«He nothing common did, or mean, / Upon that memorable scene, / But with his keener eye / The axe's edge did try.»
«Fair quiet, have I found thee here / And innocence thy sister dear?»
«Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, Lady, were no crime.»
«Who can foretell for what high cause / This darling of the Gods was born?»