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Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
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.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.
Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
