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Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Night is the mother of Councels.
Night is the mother of Councels.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
