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The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
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.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
