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"Were neer like angels till our passion dies."
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John DenhamThough with those streams he no resemblance hold, — John Denham
"Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore."
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