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I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since.

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

The sinews of affairs are cut.

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it's real money.

Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.

Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwinked.

Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower; Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads.

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

The earth was made so various, that the mind of desultory man, studious of change, and pleased with novelty, might be indulged.

'Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless wretch! condemn'd to dwell Forever in my native shell, Ordained to move when others please, Not for my own content or ease; But toss'd and buffeted about, Now in the water and now out.

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade; Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.

Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace.

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

That, though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind.

Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

And spare the poet for his subject's sake.