If that you have a former friend for foe.

If that you have a former friend for foe.

Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.

Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.

Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.

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.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
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Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.