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There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
