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Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.

Edmund Spenser

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  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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  From 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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  For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.

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  In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.

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  And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.

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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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  Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.

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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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  In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn’d himself first to subdue.

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  Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate.

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  Joy may you have and gentle hearts content Of your loves couplement: And let faire Venus, that is Queene of love, With her heart-quelling Sonne upon you smile

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  The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.

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  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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  But Justice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.

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  And painful pleasure turns to pleasing pain.

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  To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above.

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