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An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
 Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient 
for me.  
 Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient 
for me. 
 He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee 
hath laid out.  
 He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee 
hath laid out. 
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.  
 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.