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Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.
Love is not found in the market.
Love is not found in the market.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
