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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.