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Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.