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Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

This is the best world, that we live in,
To lend and to spend and to give in:
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This is the best world, that we live in,
To lend and to spend and to give in:
But to borrow, or beg, or to get a man's own,
It is the worst world that ever was known.

Laurel crowned Horatius
True, how true the saying,
Swift as wind flies over us
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Laurel crowned Horatius
True, how true the saying,
Swift as wind flies over us
Time devouring, slaying.
[Lat., Lauriger Horatius
Quam dixisti verum;
Fugit curo citius
Tempus edax rerum.]

But we that have but span-long life,
The thicker must lay on the pleasure;
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But we that have but span-long life,
The thicker must lay on the pleasure;
And since time will not stay,
We'll add night to the day,
Thus, thus we'll fill the measure.

He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat
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He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat
to him the words of gods.