Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.

Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.

Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.

Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.