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Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
