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Fretting grief the enemy of life.

Edmund Spenser

In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
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Burn Cruelty Death Hate Heart Oneself Revenge Treason
Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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Bad Death Equality Goodness Rest
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
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Greatness Myself Reach Rule
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Advice Lost Philosophy
The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, For a man by nothing is so well betrayed As by his manners.
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Betrayal Man Manner Mindset
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
For whatsoever from one place doth fall, Is with the tide unto an other brought: For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Fall Lost Oneself Place
In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn’d himself first to subdue.
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Himself Learning Wasted
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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Angel Desire Fashion Heart Leadership Stop Talk Teaching
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
For next to Death is Sleepe to be compared; Therefore his house is unto his annext: Here Sleepe, ther Richesse, and hel-gate them both betwext.
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Compare Death Help Home Sleep
Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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Love Sweet Time
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Freedom Gold
For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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Choice Freedom Goodness Praise Sick Willing
All flesh doth frailty breed!
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Body Flesh Fragile
Foul jealousy! that turnest love divine to joyless dread, and makest the loving heart with hateful thoughts to languish and to pine.
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Divine Hate Heart Jealous Joy Love Thinking

Fretting grief the enemy of life.

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