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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
are deceitful.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
