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Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
