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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.