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Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
