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A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
