Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

The best bred have the best portion.

The best bred have the best portion.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!

No day is wholly unproductive of good.

No day is wholly unproductive of good.

Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.

Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.

A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.