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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
