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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Pleasure with pain for leaven,
  Summer with flowers that fell,
Remembrance fallen from heaven,
  And Madness risen from hell,
Strength without hands to smite,
  Love that endures for a breath;
Night, the shadow of light,
  And Life, the shadow of death.
 
          Atalanta in Calydon. Chorus.
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    His speech is a burning fire.
          Atalanta in Calydon. Chorus.
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    His life is a watch or a vision
  Between a sleep and a sleep.
          Atalanta in Calydon. Chorus.
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    At the door of life by the gate of breath,
There are worse things waiting for men than death.
          The Triumph of Time.
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    And lo, between the sundawn and the sun
His day’s work and his night’s work are undone:
And lo, between the nightfall and the light,
He is not, and none knoweth of such an one.
          Laus Veneris.
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    Ah, yet would God this flesh of mine might be
Where air might wash and long leaves cover me;
Where tides of grass break into foam of flowers,
Or where the wind’s feet shine along the sea.
          Laus Veneris.
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    Marvellous mercies and infinite love.
          Les Noyades.
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    Forget that I remember
  And dream that I forget.
          Rococo.
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    Our way is where God knows
  And Love knows where:
We are in Love’s hand to-day.
          Love at Sea.
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    Despair the twin-born of devotion.
          Dolores.