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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame give me the man who living makes a name.

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Till I loved I never lived.

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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.

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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.

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I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality.

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Life is death we're lengthy at

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My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to seeIf Immortality unveil A third event to me,So huge, so hopeless to conceive, As these that ...more

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I many times thought peace had come, When peace was far away; As wrecked men deem they sight the land At centre of the sea, And struggle slacker, but ...more

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I HIDE myself within my flowerThat wearing on your breast,You, unsuspecting, wear me too—And angels know the rest.I hide myself within my flower,That,...more

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I have no life but this, To lead it here; Nor any death, but lest Dispelled from there; Nor tie to earths to come, Nor action new, Except through this...more

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I sing to use the waiting, My bonnet but to tie, And shut the door unto my house; No more to do have I, Till, his best step approaching, We journey...more

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If you were coming in the Fall, I'd brush the Summer by With half a smile and half a spurn, As Housewives do a Fly. If I could see you in a year, I'd ...more

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Heart, we will forget him!You and I, to-night!You may forget the warmth he gave,I will forget the light.When you have done, pray tell me,That I my tho...more

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The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry damsel, and heaven a knight so...more

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I wonder if it hurts to live,And if they have to try,And whether, could they choose between,They would not rather die.