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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
