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I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Providence is better then a rent.
Providence is better then a rent.
