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A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.