Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.

When God will, no winde but brings raine.

When God will, no winde but brings raine.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.

What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.