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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
