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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.