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With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
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.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
