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Yet is there one more cursed than they all, That canker-worm, that monster, jealousie, Which eats the heart and feeds upon the gall, Turning all love’s delight to misery, Through fear of losing his felicity.

Edmund Spenser

Together linkt with adamantine chains.
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Chain Togetherness
This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.
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Heart Mindset Misery World
How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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Adversity Fall Flower Right
For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,And by eternall doome of Fate’s decree,Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.
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Bright Eternity Fate Forever Heaven Ourselves
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Freedom Gold
Unhappie Verse, the witnesse of my unhappie state, Make thy selfe fluttring wings of thy fast flying Thought.
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Fly Happiness Thinking Wings
For that which all men then did virtue call, Is now called vice; and that which vice was hight, Is now hight virtue, and so used of all: Right now is wrong, and wrong that was is right.
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Call Man Myself Right Virtue Wrong
But times do change and move continually.
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Change Move Time
Greatest god below the sky.
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God Greatness Sky
So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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Grace Profit Rule
The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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Advice Bite Hard Ocean
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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Action Gentle Mindset
Waking love suffereth no sleepe: Say, that raging love dothe appall the weake stomacke: Say, that lamenting love marreth the musicall.
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Love Marriage Rage Sleep Suffering Wake Weakness
Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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King Love Spring
Such is the power of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind.
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Inspirational Love Power
Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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Bad Death Equality Goodness Rest

Yet is there one more cursed than they all, That canker-worm, that monster, jealousie, Which eats the heart and feeds upon the gall, Turning all love’s delight to misery, Through fear of losing his felicity.

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Yet is there one more cursed than they all, That canker-worm, that monster, jealousie, Which eats the heart and feeds upon the gall, Turning all love’s delight to misery, Through fear of losing his felicity.

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