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Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
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He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
