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Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.
