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Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
 The pain
 Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
  Is stirred thus in the wound again.  
 The pain
 Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
  Is stirred thus in the wound again. 
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
 But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
 Dropped off gorged from a read more 
 But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
 Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and 
drained.