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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
