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For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.

Edmund Spenser

This iron world bungs down the stoutest hearts to lowest state; for misery doth bravest minds abate.
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Heart Mindset Misery World
Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.
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Hard Horse Old Teaching
Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
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Freedom Sin Wasted Time
And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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Fall Stars Strike Touch
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
The man whom nature’s self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate.
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Herself Imitation Man Nature Truth
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
Greatest god below the sky.
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God Greatness Sky
Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Himself Hope Kindness Mercy
Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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King Love Spring
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
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
Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!
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Flesh Live Man Spirit Teaching Yourself
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
All for love, and nothing for reward.
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Love Reward
Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? – Epithalamion
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Leaving Love Myself

For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.

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