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The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
