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By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
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.