'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.

A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.

It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.

Great men have reaching hands.

Great men have reaching hands.

Short boughs, long vintage.

Short boughs, long vintage.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Two heads are better than one.

Two heads are better than one.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.