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In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
