'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.

One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.

While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.

While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.

The question is yet before the court.

The question is yet before the court.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

One day unfolds it and one day destroys.

One day unfolds it and one day destroys.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.