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She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
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.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
