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The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
