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Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
