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O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).