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Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.