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At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.