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With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
