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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
