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The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
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.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.