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We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
