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Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
