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He that will not reason is a bigot, he that cannot reason is a fool, and he that dares not reason is a slave. - [Reason] God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles, I doubted of this saw, till on a day I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles. - Posthumous Poems--A Proverb [Churches] Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play. - Song--Phoebus, Arise [Zephyrs] So that my life be brave, what though not long? - Sonnet [Life] What sweet delight a quiet life affords. - Sonnet (p. 38) [Repose] He lives who dies to win a lasting name. - Sonnet (XII) [Names] My life lies in those eyes which have me slain. - Sonnet XXIX (l. 14) [Eyes] Sweet bird, that sing'st away the early hours, Of winter's past or coming void of care, Well pleased with delights which present are, Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet-smelling flowers. - Sonnet--To a Nightingale [Nightingales] Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love. - Urania; or, Spiritual Poems [Solitude]
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