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There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.