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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.