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The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
