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Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.