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Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
