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Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
