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A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.