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All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.
Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
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She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.