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The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
All came from, and will goe to others.
All came from, and will goe to others.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
