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What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
