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. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
