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Under the shade of melancholy boughs,
Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time;
If ever you have look'd on better days,
If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church,
If ever sat at any good man's feast.
— As You Like It, Act II Scene 7
KEYWORD: sorrow
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Think'st thou that I will leave my kingly throne,
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And I, with grief and sorrow, to the court. |
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Had he been slaughter-man to all my kin,
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Was ever king so grieved for subjects' woe?
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O, but impatience waiteth on true sorrow.
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Mine, full of sorrow and heart's discontent. |
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I came from Edward as ambassador,
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My lords, before it pleased his majesty
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My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns:
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