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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
 Like summer tempest came her tears:
 Sweet my child, I live for thee.  
 Like summer tempest came her tears:
 Sweet my child, I live for thee. 
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
 The Queen, who sat
 With lips severely placid felt the knot
  Climb in her throat, and with read more 
 The Queen, who sat
 With lips severely placid felt the knot
  Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
   Crushed the wild passion out against the floor. 
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
 Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, 
but the base and the liar?  
 Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, 
but the base and the liar?