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Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
