But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.

To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.

We plough the sand on the sea shore.

We plough the sand on the sea shore.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.