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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair--
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--
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All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair--
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--
And Winter, slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
