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Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
