John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Edmund Waller. (16061687) (continued)
2439 A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that s good, and all that s fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
On a Girdle.
2440 For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love.
While I listen to thy Voice.
2441 Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
Of English Verse.
2442 Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receivd our yoke.
Upon the Death of the Lord Protector.
2443 Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
Go, Lovely Rose.
2444 How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
Go, Lovely Rose.
2445 Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
Panegyric on Cromwell.