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Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
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One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.