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He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
