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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
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But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.