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This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
