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Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
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'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck at.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.