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In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
