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• That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

  Edmund Waller

  Fate, Eagles, Made

  Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works of Edmund Waller”, p.143

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• Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.

  Edmund Waller

  Circles, Rounds

  Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller”, p.19

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• While we converse with her, we mark
  No want of day, nor think it dark.

  Edmund Waller

  Dark, Thinking, Want

  Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1772). “The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. (Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems.) L.P.”, p.83

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• And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.

  Edmund Waller

  Soul, Doe, Guests

  Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller ...”, p.100

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• To man, that was in th' evening made,
  Stars gave the first delight;
  Admiring, in the gloomy shade,
  Those little drops of light.

  Edmund Waller

  Stars, Men, Light

  Edmund Waller (1779). “The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson”, p.121

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• So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.

  Edmund Waller

  Should, Mould, Vulgar

  Edmund Waller (1722). “Poems ... Fifth edition, with several additions never before printed”, p.139

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• Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

  Edmund Waller

  Hands, Giving, Enough

  Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.253

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• Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.

  Edmund Waller

  Art, Yoke, Language

  'Upon the Death of the Lord Protector' l. 21

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