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O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
