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He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
There is great force hidden in a sweet command.
There is great force hidden in a sweet command.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
