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Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
