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I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
