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 His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
 O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
  His read more 
 His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
 O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
  His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
   But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing. 
 I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
 [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]  
 I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
 [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.] 
 There is an order
 Of mortals on the earth, who do become
  Old in their youth, and read more 
 There is an order
 Of mortals on the earth, who do become
  Old in their youth, and die ere middle age. 
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Providence is better then a rent.
Providence is better then a rent.
 He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part 
if attacked by another, that read more 
 He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part 
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel. 
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.