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He that will be served must bee patient.
He that will be served must bee patient.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
