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A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
