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Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.

Edmund Spenser

And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Happiness Pain
Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titan’s beams, which then did glister fair.
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Breathe Fair Light Play Soft Spirit Sweet
All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love Sweet Voice
To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom
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
Fretting grief the enemy of life.
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Enemy Grief Life One Liner
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Advice Lost Philosophy
From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.
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Bad Fall Goodness Himself Return Worst
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 noblest mind the best contentment has.
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Best Contentment Mindset Noble One Liner
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
Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.
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Music Sweet
And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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Fall Stars Strike Touch
Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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King Love Spring
Her angel’s face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
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Angel Eyes Face Greatness Place Sunshine
But times do change and move continually.
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Change Move Time

Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.

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