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Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
