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Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
