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With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
