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She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil read more
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.