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Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.