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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.