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For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
