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It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
