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And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
