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Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
