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_The Garden_. Essay V.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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SIR JOHN DENHAM.
1615-1679.
_Cooper's Hill_.
O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream
My great example, as it is my theme!
Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull;
Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full.
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_The Sophy_. _A Tragedy_.
Actions of the last age are like Almanacs of the last year.
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THOMAS CAREW.
1589-1639.
_Disdain Returned_.
He that loves a rosy cheek,
Or a coral lip admires,
Or from star-like eyes doth seek
Fuel to maintain his fires;
As old Time makes these decay,
So his flames must waste away.
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_Conquest by Flight_.
Then fly betimes, for only they
Conquer love, that run away.
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EDMUND WALLER.
1605-1687.
_Verses upon his Divine Poesy_.
The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed,
Lets in new light through chinks that time has made.
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become,
As they draw near to their eternal home.
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_On a Girdle_.
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