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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
