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Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
