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Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
