Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
EDMUND SPENSERThe Patron of true Holinesse, Foule Errour doth defeate: Hypocrisie him to entrappe, Doth to his home entreate.
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Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.
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Together linkt with adamantine chains.
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All flesh doth frailty breed!
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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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But Justice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.
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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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Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
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To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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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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For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
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The Patron of true Holinesse, Foule Errour doth defeate: Hypocrisie him to entrappe, Doth to his home entreate.
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But angels come to lead frail minds to rest in chaste desires, on heavenly beauty bound. You frame my thoughts, and fashion me within; you stop my tongue, and teach my heart to speak.
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The noblest mind the best contentment has.
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And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.
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