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Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
