We Spent Them Not In Toys, In Lusts, Or Wine, But Search Of Deep Philosophy, Wit, Eloquence, And Poetry

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We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine,
But search of deep philosophy,
Wit, eloquence, and poetry;
Arts which I lov'd, for they, my friend, were thine.
-- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)
-- On the Death of Mr. William Harvey

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