Disinherited
Thy father all from thee, by his last will,
Gave to the poor ; thou hast good title still.
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Klockius
Klockius so deeply hath sworn ne'er more to come
In bawdy house, that he dares not go home.
poem by John Donne
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An Obscure Writer
Philo with twelve years' study hath been grieved
To be understood ; when will he be believed?
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Hero and Leander
Both robb'd of air, we both lie in one ground ;
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drown'd
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Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
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Pyramus and Thisbe
Two, by themselves, each other, love and fear,
Slain, cruel friends, by parting have join'd here.
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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
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God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
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A Self Accuser
Your mistress, that you follow whores, still taxeth
you ;
'Tis strange that she should thus confess it, though 't be true.
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Men have conceived a twofold use of sleep; it is a refreshing of the body in this life, and a preparing of the soul for the next.
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