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'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
