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So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower.

Edmund Spenser

For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
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Eyes Joy Missing Night
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
So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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Grace Profit Rule
And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain
All flesh doth frailty breed!
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Body Flesh Fragile
Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate.
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Absence Cry Friendship Herself Loss
Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Bold Character Inspirational Personality
Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy.
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Angry Late Repent
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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Creature Enemy God Grace Love Man Mercy Service Wickedness
No dainty flower or herbs that grows on ground, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweet, but there it might be found To bud out fair, and throw her sweet smells all around.
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Flower Growth Herself Sweet
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
All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously arrayed; Go to my love, where she is careless laid.
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Color Earth Flower Glory Goodness Herself Love Spring
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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Action Gentle Mindset
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
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
To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom

So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower.

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