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Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.