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Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
