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Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
