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A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be read more
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
