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We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw read more
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.