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My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.