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They will swear black is white.
They will swear black is white.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
