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Advice Modernized by H. Macaulay Fitzgibbon IF ye would love and lovèd be, In mind keep well these thingis three, And sadly in thy breast imprint,— Be secret, true and patient! For he that patience can not leir, He shall displeasance have perquier,... Poet: William Dunbar	Of Hym that Togyder wyll Serve Two Maysters From the German by Alexander Barclay A FOLE he is and voyde of reason Whiche with one hounde tendyth to take Two harys in one instant and season; Rightso is he that wolde undertake Hym to two lordes a servaunt to make; For whether that he be... Poet: Sebastian Brant	The Ballad of Dead Ladies From the French by Dante Gabriel Rossetti TELL me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely Roman? Where ’s Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the fairer woman? Where is Echo, beheld of no man, Only heard on river and mere... Poet: François Villon	Perseverance From the Italian by William Wetmore Story IN facile natures fancies quickly grow, But such quick fancies have but little root. Soon the narcissus flowers and dies, but slow The tree whose blossoms shall mature to fruit. Grace is a moment’s happy feeling,... Poet: Leonardo da Vinci
The True Philosophy of Life Modernized by Hugh Haliburton Full oft I muse and hes in thocht. THE PASSAGE of the speeding year, And Fortune with her changing cheer, Are ills on ilka hand contest; We will not mourn for that, my dear, But to be blythe we ’ll count it best.... Poet: William Dunbar