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That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
