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What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
Night is the mother of Councels.
Night is the mother of Councels.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, read more
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.
