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She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.