But Earthlier Happy Is The Rose Distill'd Than That Which Withering On The Virgin Thorn 1 Grows, Lives, And Dies In Single Blessedness.

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But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd
Than that which withering on the virgin thorn 1
Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
--Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, Act i. Sc. 1.

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