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The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
