# 100 Best-Loved Poems

Author:: Philip Smith
## Highlights
> For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. ([Location 160](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008TVLU8I&location=160))
> O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. ([Location 163](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008TVLU8I&location=163))
> Drink to me, only, with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine. ([Location 213](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008TVLU8I&location=213))
> Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. ([Location 230](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008TVLU8I&location=230))
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Title: 100 Best-Loved Poems
Author: Philip Smith
Tags: readwise, books
date: 2024-01-30
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# 100 Best-Loved Poems

Author:: Philip Smith
## AI-Generated Summary
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## Highlights
> For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. ([Location 160](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008TVLU8I&location=160))
> O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. ([Location 163](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008TVLU8I&location=163))
> Drink to me, only, with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine. ([Location 213](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008TVLU8I&location=213))
> Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. ([Location 230](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008TVLU8I&location=230))