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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.