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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
Great paines quickly find ease.
Great paines quickly find ease.
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
