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It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
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Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.