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A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
