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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
