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Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
