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So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
