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Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give,
And study how to die, not how to live.

— George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

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Fate holds the strings, and men like children move
But as they're led: success is from above.

Heroick Love (1702)

The kiss you take, is paid by that you give:
The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt.

Heroick Love (1702)

Beauty by no complexion is defin'd,
Is of all colours, and to none confin'd.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see,
Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be.

Youth is the proper time for love,
And age is virtue's season.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

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