From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.
EDMUND SPENSERFor easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
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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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But O the exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels, he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
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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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Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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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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Good is no good, but if it be spend, God giveth good for none other end.
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For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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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 if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near.
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Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
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Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? – Epithalamion
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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.
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