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Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.