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What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
