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Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
