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1 I| Nor would the same fruits keep their olden trees,~ But 2 I| rivers, far and wide away,~ Keep the unfathomable ocean full?~ 3 I| intangible and powerless ever~ To keep a thing from passing through 4 I| those surest bodies~ Which keep their nature evermore the 5 I| holy limbs of gods~ Could keep their place least portion 6 II| nothing, save that pain keep off,~ Disjoined from the 7 II| birth to things and growth~ Keep them forever when created 8 II| thou hold well sealed, and keep consigned~ With no forgetting 9 II| Engendered and so function as to keep~ Throughout their growth 10 II| hues of things do block and keep~ The whole from being of 11 II| all-perceiving senses - they~ That keep and guard each living thing 12 II| down.~ For food it is must keep things whole, renewing;~ ' 13 III| in that air the soul can keep itself,~ And in that air 14 III| life-time spent before? why keep we not~ Some footprints 15 IV| earth~ So many beams to keep all things so full~ Of light 16 IV| And it should straightway keep, at clinging there,~ Its 17 IV| trust our senses and to keep away~ From headlong heights 18 IV| digested to the frame~ And keep the stomach in a moist career.~ 19 IV| Attention undivided, still they keep~ (As oft we note), even 20 IV| still busied with one love,~ Keep it for one delight, and 21 IV| those~ Whom they desire to keep in bonds of love -~ In vain, 22 IV| for their own ends,~ To keep from pregnancy and lying 23 V| just so far she fails to keep the pace~ With starry signs 24 V| there,~ Herself on high, keep the sun hid beneath,~ Whilst 25 V| and have learned well~ To keep true measure. And yet they 26 VI| they'd powerless be~ To keep their mass, or to retain 27 VI| unfold to thee,~ Nor longer keep thee in mere promises.~ ~