I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
EDMUND SPENSERFrom 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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Fly from wrath; sad be the sights and bitter fruits of war; a thousand furies wait on wrathful swords.
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But times do change and move continually.
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Beauty is not, as fond men misdeem, an outward show of things that only seem.
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And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people whom they are meant to benefit, and not imposed upon them according to the simple rule of right.
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But Justice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.
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For if good were not praised more than ill, None would choose goodness of his own free will.
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And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.
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All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.
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For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near.
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Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate.
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Greatest god below the sky.
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