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One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
The day is short, the work is much.
The day is short, the work is much.
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
