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At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; read more
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
