Vulgar words in On the Nature of Things (Page 1)
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Yet should one complain, Riper in years and elder, and lament, Poor devil, his death more sorely than is fit, Then would she not, with greater right, on him Cry out, inveighing with a voice more shrill: "Off with thy tears, and choke thy whines, buffoon!
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But he, the lover, in tears Because shut out, covers her threshold o'er Often with flowers and garlands, and anoints Her haughty door-posts with the marjoram, And prints, poor fellow, kisses on the doors-- Admitted at last, if haply but one whiff Got to him on approaching, he would seek Decent excuses to go out forthwith; And his lament, long pondered, then would fall Down at his heels; and there he'd damn himself For his fatuity, observing how He had assigned to that same lady more-- Than it is proper to concede to mortals.
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And whether the journeying moon illuminate The regions round with bastard beams, or throw From off her proper body her own light,-- Whichever it be, she journeys with a form Naught larger than the form doth seem to be Which we with eyes of ours perceive.