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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
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.
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.