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Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.