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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
