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And hope is but a dream of those that wake.

Hope is but the dream of those that wake.

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your ange...

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Similes are like songs of love: They much describe they nothing prove.

Hope is but the dream of those who wake.

Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.

He's half absolv'd Who has confess'd.

They never taste who always drink They always talk who never think.

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Matthew Prior

Poet

Born: 1664-07-21

Died: 1721-09-18

Matthew Prior (July 21, 1664 – September 18, 1721) was an English poet and diplomat.More