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Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.