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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
