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My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
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.
