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Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.