Such is the power of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind.
EDMUND SPENSERThe Patron of true Holinesse, Foule Errour doth defeate: Hypocrisie him to entrappe, Doth to his home entreate.
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The noblest mind the best contentment has.
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For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store.
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So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower.
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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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In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
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All for love, and nothing for reward.
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For deeds to die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men to as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, live for ay.
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For whatsoever from one place doth fall, Is with the tide unto an other brought: For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.
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All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.
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Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?
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The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, For a man by nothing is so well betrayed As by his manners.
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And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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Fresh spring the herald of love’s mighty king.
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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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