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The noblest mind the best contentment has.

Edmund Spenser

For evil deeds may better than bad words be borne.
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Action Bad Evil Home Word
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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Appearance Bed Bright Flame Light Morning Stars
Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!
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Flesh Live Man Spirit Teaching Yourself
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
Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? – Epithalamion
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Leaving Love Myself
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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Betrayal Man Manner Mindset
The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.
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Advice Bite Hard Ocean
All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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Blissful Delight Garden Growth Happiness Immortal
Fretting grief the enemy of life.
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Enemy Grief Life One Liner
Sluggish idleness–the nurse of sin.
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Freedom Sin Wasted Time
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
How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.
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Adversity Fall Flower Right
All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love Sweet Voice
But Justice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.
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Herself Justice Right Truth Win
To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.
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God Grant Love Wisdom
For since mine eyes your joyous sight did miss, my cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
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Eyes Joy Missing Night

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