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Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely read more
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and
passion.