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The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
A little labour, much health.
A little labour, much health.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
