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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.