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Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
