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Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
