The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.

There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

Men of different tastes have different pursuits.

Men of different tastes have different pursuits.

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!