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The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
