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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
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We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Even a child is known by his doings.
