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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

Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
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Freedom Sin Wasted Time
For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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Action Bad Evil Home Word
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
All for love, and nothing for reward.
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Love Reward
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
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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Curse Feed Happiness Heart Jealous Lose Misery
Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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Love Sweet Time
To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom
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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Content Heart Love Queen Smile Yourself
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
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?
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Creature Enjoyment Fall Liberty
Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.
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Music Sweet
The noblest mind the best contentment has.
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Best Contentment Mindset Noble One Liner
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
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Freedom Gold
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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Action Gentle Mindset

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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