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The Poems of Edmund Waller
Edited by G. Thorn Drury
Waller, Edmund (1606-1687)
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The Poems of Edmund Waller
WRITTEN ON A CARD THAT HER MAJESTY TORE AT OMBRE.
The
cards you tear in value rise;
So do the wounded by your eyes.
Who to celestial things aspire,
Are by that passion raised the higher.
The Poems of Edmund Waller