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Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.

Edmund Spenser

A circle cannot fill a triangle, so neither can the whole world, if it were to be compassed, the heart of man; a man may as easily fill a chest with grace as the heart with gold. The air fills not the body, neither doth money the covetous mind of man.
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Body Easy Gold Heart Man Mindset World
Through knowledge we behold the world’s creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature’s cunning operation, How things she formed of a formless mass.
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Creation Form Herself Judgement Knowledge Nature Operation World
Fly from wrath; sad be the sights and bitter fruits of war; a thousand furies wait on wrathful swords.
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Angry Fly Fruit Wait War Word
Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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Himself Hope Kindness Mercy
Together linkt with adamantine chains.
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Chain Togetherness
Be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Bold Character Inspirational Personality
All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love Sweet Voice
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
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
Those that were up themselves, kept others low; Those that were low themselves, held others hard; He suffered them to ryse or greater grow; But every one did strive his fellow down to throw.
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Greatness Growth Hard Hold Low Oneself Suffering
Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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Love Sweet Time
So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought; Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.
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Lesson Love Teaching
Man’s wretched state, That floures so fresh at morne, and fades at evening late.
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Evening Fade Fresh Man Morning Taste
Greatest god below the sky.
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God Greatness Sky
Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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King Love Spring
All flesh doth frailty breed!
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Body Flesh Fragile

Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.

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