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It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
