I sat upon a promontory, ...

I sat upon a promontory, 
 And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin\'s back, 
 Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, 
 That the rude sea grew civil at her song; 
 And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, 
 To hear the sea-maid\'s music.
I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.

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God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
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How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.