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<name>Sir Walter <index>Raleigh</index></name>

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<title>Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son</title>

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<line>Three things there be that prosper up <rhyme on="a">apace</rhyme></line>

<line>And flourish, whilst they grow asunder <rhyme on="b">far</rhyme>;</line>

<line>But on a day, they meet all in one <rhyme on="a">place</rhyme>,</line>

<line>And when they meet, they one another <rhyme on="b">mar</rhyme>.</line>

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<line>And they be these: the wood, the weed, the <rhyme on="c">wag</rhyme>.</line>

<line>The wood is that which makes the gallow <rhyme on="d">tree</rhyme>;</line>

<line>The weed is that which strings the hangman's <rhyme on="c">bag</rhyme>;</line>

<line>The wag, my pretty knave, betokeneth <rhyme on="d">thee</rhyme>.</line>

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<line>Mark well, dear boy, whilst these assemble <rhyme on="e">not</rhyme>,</line>

<line>Green springs the tree, hemp grows, the wag is <rhyme on="f">wild</rhyme>;</line>

<line>But when they meet, it makes the timber <rhyme on="e">rot</rhyme>,</line>

<line>It frets the halter, and it chokes the <rhyme on="f">child</rhyme>.</line>

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<line>Then bless thee, and beware, and let us <rhyme on="g">pray</rhyme></line>

<line>We part not with thee at this meeting <rhyme on="g">day</rhyme>.</line>

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