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Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
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.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
