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Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
 The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
 And proves by thumps upon your back
  How he read more 
 The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
 And proves by thumps upon your back
  How he esteems your merit,
   Is such a friend, that one had need
    Be very much his friend indeed
     To pardon or to bear it. 
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
 Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
 Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
  She read more 
 Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
 Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
  She hates the smell of roses! 
 Much will always wanting be
 To him who much desires.  
 Much will always wanting be
 To him who much desires. 
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
 As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
 With proverbs thus each other entertain;
  "In love read more 
 As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
 With proverbs thus each other entertain;
  "In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
   "Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
    "Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
     "As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
      "Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
       "A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
        "Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
         "Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
          Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
           "Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
            And having thus awhile each other thwarted
             Fools as we met, so fools again we parted. 
 Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
 And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.  
 Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
 And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.