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Charity sees the need not the cause.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
