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So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
