Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.

A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
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For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.