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And truth severe, by fairy fiction drest.


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The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.



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I shall be but a shrimp of an author.



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Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.



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Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.



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If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.



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Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.



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Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!



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Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.



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To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.



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Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.





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