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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Night is the mother of Councels.
Night is the mother of Councels.
 Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white 
skinned at the blackamoor.  
 Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white 
skinned at the blackamoor. 
 Into each life some rain must fall,
 Some days must be dark and dreary.  
 Into each life some rain must fall,
 Some days must be dark and dreary. 
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
 Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already 
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more 
 Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already 
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian 
sea. 
 Sceptre and crown must tumble down
 And in the dust be equal made
  With the poor crooked read more 
 Sceptre and crown must tumble down
 And in the dust be equal made
  With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.