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Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
