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Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
