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You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
