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He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.