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We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.