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A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
