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If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.
But were read more
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.
But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain:
So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee,
With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me;
But if thou live to see like right bereft,
This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
