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With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
