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The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
There are many waies to fame.
There are many waies to fame.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.