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"Oh, could you view the melody Of every grace And music of her face, You 'd drop a tear; Seeing more harmony In her bright eye Than now you hear."
Orpheus to Beasts.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more."
To Lucasta, on going to the Wars.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"When flowing cups pass swiftly round With no allaying Thames."
To Althea from Prison, ii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty."
To Althea from Prison, ii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty."
To Althea from Prison, iv.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain