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Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Stay a little and news will find you.