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Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
