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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
