The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck in the earth and are With constant drinking fresh and fair.
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And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant and some care bestow; On us, the Poets militant below.
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Love in her sunny eyes does basking play Love walks the pleasant mazes of her hair Love does on both her lips for ever stray And sows and reaps a thousand kisses there. In all her outward parts Love's always seen But, oh, he never went.
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Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey The horse doth with the horseman away.
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