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Andrew Marvell Quotes: Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.
         

Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.


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Art indeed is long, but life is short.



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And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept their time.



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I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness.



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