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It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.