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We have to thank God for this retirement.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
