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Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
