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If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
