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The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!