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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
