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Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
