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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
What has not wasting time impaired?
What has not wasting time impaired?
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.
