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Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
