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Born in March 3, 1606 / Died in October 21, 1687 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Edmund Waller

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Upon His Majesty's Happy Return

... Your worth, Your youth, and all the splendour of your state, ...

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Of English Verse

... if it prove But as long-lived as present love ...

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Of My Lady Isabella Playing The Lute

... Here love takes stand, and while she charms the ear, ...

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The Battle of the Summer Islands : Canto 1

... That tunes my lute, and winds the strings so high, ...

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To Phyllis

... Gods, that never change their state, ...

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The Self Banished

...   Which Ph{oe}bus through his veins has shot ...

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To the King on his Navy

... d the cause Of those rude tempests, which, for rapine sent, ...

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Of the Last Verses in the Book

... Lets in new light through chinks that time has made ...

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On a Girdle

... Dwelt all that’s good, and all that’s fair ...

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The Story of Phœbus and Daphne, Applied

... All but the nymph that should redress his wrong, ...

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Song

...  That are so wondrous sweet and fair! ...

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"Go, lovely Rose"

...  Tell her that wastes her time and me, ...

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The Story of Phoebus And Daphne, Applied

...   All but the nymph that should redress his wrong, ...

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To a Very Young Lady

... For with a full hand that does bring ...

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To One Married to an Old Man

... All we can wish is, may that earth lie light ...