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Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
