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Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.