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There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]