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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.