Our hopes, like towering falcons, aim At objects in an airy height; The little pleasure of the game Is from afar to view the flight. - Matthew Prior

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Our hopes, like towering falcons, aim
At objects in an airy height;
The little pleasure of the game
Is from afar to view the flight.

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Matthew Prior (July 21, 1664 – September 18, 1721) was an English poet and diplomat.

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