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Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.