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A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
There's always a shot in the locker.
There's always a shot in the locker.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
Here's metal more attractive.
Here's metal more attractive.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.