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So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought; Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.

Edmund Spenser

Good is no good, but if it be spend, God giveth good for none other end.
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End God Goodness
I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
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Myself Promise Reason Season Time
For next to Death is Sleepe to be compared; Therefore his house is unto his annext: Here Sleepe, ther Richesse, and hel-gate them both betwext.
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Compare Death Help Home Sleep
The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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Advice Bite Hard Ocean
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
To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom
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
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Freedom Gold
Greatest god below the sky.
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God Greatness Sky
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
Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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Bad Death Equality Goodness Rest
But times do change and move continually.
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Change Move Time
Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.
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Music Sweet
All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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Blissful Delight Garden Growth Happiness Immortal
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Advice Lost Philosophy
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

So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought; Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.

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So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought; Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.

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