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Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
