"And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it."
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"Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise."
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"For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable."
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"The castled crag of Drachenfels, Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine."
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"And what is writ is writ - / Would it were worthier!"
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"And those who saw, it did surprise, Such drops could fall from human eyes."
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"I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse borne away with every breath! Misplaced upon the throne misplaced in life. I know not what I could have been, but feel I am not what I should be let it end."
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"This is to be along; this, this is solitude!"
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"Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield."
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