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Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
