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The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.