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Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
