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Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
