No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent.

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A Lame Beggar

I am unable, yonder beggar cries,
To stand, or move; if he say true, he lies.

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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.

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Love all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere.

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Ralphius

Compassion in the world again is bred ;
Ralphius is sick, the broker keeps his bed.

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Niobe

By children's births, and death, I am become
So dry, that I am now mine own sad tomb.

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Phryne

Thy flattering picture, Phryne, is like thee,
Only in this, that you both painted be.

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A Licentious Person

Thy sins and hairs may no man equal call ;
For, as thy sins increase, thy hairs do fall.

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Antiquary

If in his study he hath so much care
To hang all old strange things, let his wife beware.

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