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 It is success that colours all in life,
 Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.  
 It is success that colours all in life,
 Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest. 
 The tear that is wiped with a little address,
 May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.  
 The tear that is wiped with a little address,
 May be follow'd perhaps by a smile. 
 Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already 
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more 
 Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already 
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian 
sea. 
 Leave her to Heaven,
 And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
  To prick and sting read more 
 Leave her to Heaven,
 And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
  To prick and sting her. 
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
 O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
 Stain my man's cheeks!  
 O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
 Stain my man's cheeks! 
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.