Andrew Marvell

My love is of a birth as rare As 'tis, for object, strange and high; It was begotten by Despair Upon Impossibility. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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As lines, so love's oblique, may well Themselves in every angle greet : But ours, so truly parallel, Though infinite, can never meet. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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My vegetable love will grow Vaster than empires, and more slow. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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What wondrous life in this I lead Ripe apples drop about my head ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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Had we but world enough and time.... ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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Gather the flowers, but spare the buds. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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