Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.

Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.

Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

Men's language is as their lives.

Men's language is as their lives.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.

And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.

Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.

A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.

A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.