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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
He that sends a foole expects one.
He that sends a foole expects one.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
