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You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
