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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
