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The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]