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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.