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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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.
