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We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.