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What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
