Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!

Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.

Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.

Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.

A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

But me no buts.

But me no buts.

He that lends, gives.

He that lends, gives.