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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
