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How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one read more
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
