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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
