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I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
