So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower.
EDMUND SPENSERFor deeds to die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men to as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, live for ay.
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The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Unhappie Verse, the witnesse of my unhappie state, Make thy selfe fluttring wings of thy fast flying Thought.
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For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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A sweet attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks, Continual comfort in a face, The lineaments of Gospel books– I trow that countenance cannot lye Whose thoughts are legible in the eye.
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Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.
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The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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But Justice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.
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But angels come to lead frail minds to rest in chaste desires, on heavenly beauty bound. You frame my thoughts, and fashion me within; you stop my tongue, and teach my heart to speak.
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All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.
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Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
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The Patron of true Holinesse, Foule Errour doth defeate: Hypocrisie him to entrappe, Doth to his home entreate.
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All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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