Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into … - Andrew Marvell

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Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life: Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.

Andrew Marvell

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Andrew Marvell (March 31, 1621 – August 16, 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, and the son of an Anglican clergyman. As a metaphysical, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert. He was the first assistant of John Milton.

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Also Known As: British Aristides

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Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

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Alfred Tennyson Lord Byron William Butler Yeats John Keats John Milton

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Casting the body's vest aside,
My soul into the boughs does glide.

Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life: Thus, … - Andrew Marvell

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