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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
The blind eate many a flie.
The blind eate many a flie.
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.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
