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She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.