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Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
The Reverend are ever before.
The Reverend are ever before.