Who would ever care to do brave deed, Or strive in virtue others to excel, If none should yield him his deserved meed Due praise, that is the spur of doing well? For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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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Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
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Joy may you have and gentle hearts content Of your loves couplement: And let faire Venus, that is Queene of love, With her heart-quelling Sonne upon you smile
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Fretting grief the enemy of life.
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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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What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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But times do change and move continually.
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For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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The noblest mind the best contentment has.
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So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought; Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.
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All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
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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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For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
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