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Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.

Edmund Spenser

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
So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.
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Grace Profit Rule
Such is the power of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind.
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Inspirational Love Power
A sweet attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks, Continual comfort in a face, The lineaments of Gospel books– I trow that countenance cannot lye Whose thoughts are legible in the eye.
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Attraction Comfortable Eyes Grace Kind Sweet Thinking
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
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Action Gentle Mindset
All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love Sweet Voice
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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Angel Desire Fashion Heart Leadership Stop Talk Teaching
Yet is there one more cursed than they all, That canker-worm, that monster, jealousie, Which eats the heart and feeds upon the gall, Turning all love’s delight to misery, Through fear of losing his felicity.
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Curse Feed Happiness Heart Jealous Lose Misery
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
Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To loose good dayes, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow.
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Day Fear Feed Goodness Hell Hope Night Sorrow Speed Unknown Wasted
Through knowledge we behold the world’s creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature’s cunning operation, How things she formed of a formless mass.
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Creation Form Herself Judgement Knowledge Nature Operation World
Foul jealousy! that turnest love divine to joyless dread, and makest the loving heart with hateful thoughts to languish and to pine.
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Divine Hate Heart Jealous Joy Love Thinking
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee.
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Freedom Gold
Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.
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Bad Death Equality Goodness Rest
Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.
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Love One Liner Rose Time
Fretting grief the enemy of life.
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Enemy Grief Life One Liner

Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.

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