This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.

This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.

Wine unlocks the breast.

Wine unlocks the breast.

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.

When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.

When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.

Married in haste we may repent at leisure.

Married in haste we may repent at leisure.

Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.