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Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.
Edmund Waller
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Edmund Waller
Age: 81 †
Born: 1606
Born: March 3
Died: 1687
Died: October 21
Poet
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Coleshill
Buckinghamshire
Gentleman that loves the peace
True son of the Church of England and a lover of his countries liberty
Edmund Waller
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The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace And makes all ills that vex us here to cease.
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That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
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The rising sun complies with our weak sight, First gilds the clouds, then shows his globe of light At such a distance from our eyes, as though He knew what harm his hasty beams would do.
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All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
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Fade, flowers, fade! Nature will have it so 'tis but what we in our autumn do.
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