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He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.