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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
