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To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
