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A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.