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Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
