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One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
