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Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.