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Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.