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There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.