Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

The goate must browse where she is tyed.

The goate must browse where she is tyed.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

One sound blow will serve to undo us all.

One sound blow will serve to undo us all.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled read more

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

There's always a shot in the locker.

There's always a shot in the locker.

The bit that one eates, no friend makes.

The bit that one eates, no friend makes.

Musick helps not the tooth-ach.

Musick helps not the tooth-ach.