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Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
