Of all the torments, all the cares, </br> With which our lives are curst; </br> Of all the plagues a lover bears, </br> Sure rivals are the worst! </… - William Walsh (poet)

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Of all the torments, all the cares, </br> With which our lives are curst; </br> Of all the plagues a lover bears, </br> Sure rivals are the worst! </br> By partners in each other kind </br> Afflictions easier grow; </br> In love alone we hate to find </br> Companions of our woe.

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About William Walsh (poet)

William Walsh (6 October 1662 – 15 March 1708) of Abberley Hall, Worcestershire was an English poet and critic and a Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 to 1708.

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