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Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
