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An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
