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 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her 
mouth is smoother than oil:
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 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her 
mouth is smoother than oil:
 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
  Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
 I make a declaration every spring,
 Of reformation ere the year run out,
  But somehow this my read more 
 I make a declaration every spring,
 Of reformation ere the year run out,
  But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing. 
 She can change her
 Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
  Or done, is light to read more 
 She can change her
 Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
  Or done, is light to what she'll say or do. 
 Gold! gold! gold! gold!
 Bright and yellow, hard and cold!  
 Gold! gold! gold! gold!
 Bright and yellow, hard and cold! 
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
 God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, 
and a Prison.  
 God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, 
and a Prison. 
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.