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Tag: English poet

Posted on May 26, 2023

“Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.”—Aphra Behn, English poet, 1640-1689

Posted on February 12, 2023

“For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.”—John Donne, English poet, 1572-1631

Posted on May 7, 2022May 7, 2022

“Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”—Alexander Pope, English poet, 1688-1744

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

“If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.”—John Clare, English poet, 1793-1864

Posted on February 25, 2021February 24, 2021

“One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.”—William Whiting, English poet, 1825-1878

Posted on May 23, 2018May 23, 2018

“They also serve who only stand and wait.”—John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674

Posted on December 24, 2016December 2, 2021

“Less is more.”—Robert Browning, English poet, 1812-1889

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