Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.

He that staies does the businesse.

He that staies does the businesse.

Nothing is impossible to industry.

Nothing is impossible to industry.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.

Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.