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My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
