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Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
