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When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty's handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.
Abraham Cowley
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Abraham Cowley
Age: 49 †
Born: 1618
Born: January 1
Died: 1667
Died: July 28
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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.
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Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends not on number, but the choice of friends.
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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
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All this world's noise appears to me a dull, ill-acted comedy!
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The present is an eternal now.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
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Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone, And still a new to-morrow does come on. We by to-morrow draw out all our store, Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
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There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.
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Awake, awake, my Lyre!And tell thy silent master's humble taleIn sounds that may prevailSounds that gentle thoughts inspire:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature.
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Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
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Gold begets in brethren hate Gold in families debate Gold does friendship separate Gold does civil wars create.
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