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Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.