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A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
