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That we would do, / We should do when we would; for this "would" changes, / And hath abatements and delays as many / As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents; / And then this "should" is like a spendthrift's sigh, / That hurts by easing.
That we would do, / We should do when we would; for this "would" changes, / And hath abatements and delays as many / As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents; / And then this "should" is like a spendthrift's sigh, / That hurts by easing.
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