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Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids read more
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.