More from Andrew Marvell

  1. This indigested vomit of the Sea, Fell to the Dutch by Just Propriety.
  2. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try.
  3. To make a bank was a great plot of state; Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.
  4. But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed.
  5. No creature loves an empty space; Their bodies measure out their place.
  6. So much one man can do, That does both act and know.
  7. The world in all doth but two nations bear - The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere.
  8. Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, Lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk, and pass our long love…

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