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(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
