Ye country comets, that portend No war, nor prince's funeral, Shining unto no higher end Than to presage the grasses fall. . . .
Music, the mosaic of the air. - Andrew Marvell
Music, the mosaic of the air.
- Andrew Marvell
But Fate does iron wedges drive, And always crowds itself betwixt. - Andrew Marvell
But Fate does iron wedges drive, And always crowds itself betwixt.
How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays; And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree. Whose short… - Andrew Marvell
How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays; And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree. Whose short…
My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow. - Andrew Marvell
My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow.
Annihilating all that's made, To a green thought in a green shade. - Andrew Marvell
Annihilating all that's made, To a green thought in a green shade.
Therefore the love which us doth bind, But fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars. - Andrew Marvell
Therefore the love which us doth bind, But fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.
The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace. - Andrew Marvell
The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.
And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept their time. - Andrew Marvell
And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept their time.
Twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone. - Andrew Marvell
Twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone.
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