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As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.