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Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
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.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.