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The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Love is the true price of love.
Love is the true price of love.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
