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There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
